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Buying Fashion Online? But What Happens to Returned Clothes?
bought from online shops? Not content with trying to combat fast fashion, Aparna Mehta reveals the unseen world of online returns – which, instead of ending up back on the shelf, go elsewhere. Would you consider Greenturning? Watch to find out what happens…
Where’s Your Plastic Waste?
It used to be just people that traffickers targeted. Now Traffickers see Plastic waste as a valuable material. Interpol is on the case and it’s disturbing. A recent INTERPOL report has found an alarming increase in illegal plastic waste pollution trade across the world since 2018. The report provides a disturbing insight into emerging trafficking…
Programme For Government 2020 – Sailing Blind?
The recent publication of the new Coalition Government’s agreed programme for government , called the ‘Programme for Government – Our Shared Future’, has left a lot of jaws stuct to the floor. The document, so long touted as ‘imaginative and progressive’, fell far short. It was, however, full of wishfull thinking with more reviews promised…
Time to Rethink the EU-Mercosur Agreement!
Sign the Call for EU Council presidency to stop the EU-Mercosur Agreement. Sign the Call for German EU Council presidency to stop the EU-Mercosur Agreement Environmental crisis looming with proposed agreement. ZWAI , in partnership with very many other organizations throughout the EU, is concerned with the deep flaws embedded in the proposed EU-Mercosur trade…
EU Waste Prevention and Reuse Laws – deadline July 2020.
‘oh my my oh my my ,oh my my July’ go the words of a popular song by Mundy. (It’s a cracker and you can check it out on youtube). The title has real meaning now as we reach the deadline for enacting some far reaching EU waste prevention laws in Ireland. But the sad…
Ethical Clothes For Little Zero Wasters
SHOPPING FOR FASHION ? Cool, ethical clothes for little ZERO WASTERS We recently covered the rise of slow fashion and extolled zero wasters to cut out fast fashion purchases wherever possible in favour of ethical clothes. Well, coincidentally, last week we had the pleasure of meeting award winning ethical clothes designer, Alison Mc Evoy. She…
Covid-19: DIY Sanitizer
As the number of coronavirus cases continues to increase all over the world, you’ve likely noticed a shortage of hand sanitizer in your local shops. Don’t want to pay an exorbitant price for the price-gouged hand sanitizer being sold online? Don’t worry because the World Health Organization (WHO) reassured us that traditional hand washing —…
Trade-in Your Fur Coat or Ferrari?
I remember, as a child growing up in Cork, that there was a second hand bookstore on the street (it was the pre-Zero Waste era but zero waste was being practiced by many without realising it, due to necessity). The bookshop offered trade ins for all sorts of paperback books & comics in a sort…
One Small Change
There is little that needs to be added to the words of these talented Primary School pupils. We are offering them this platform to relay their message – one small change by everyone will bring us all a step closer to Zero Waste and help save the planet. Sometimes we need to listen to our…
Vote Circular For #GE2020
Europe is already on board the circular economy express train. We’re fully behind this but all of Ireland needs to get on board , and very soon. Our laggard governments of the past have caused us to miss the early express train and we wait at the Circular station for the late train. We must…
Sick Of Plastic? Tell Minister Bruton and Act.
A ‘Plastic Bottle Rally’ will take place at the doorsteps of Minister for the Environment’s office on Nov 6th 2019 at 1pm to demand action on plastic waste and get a DRS started in ireland. Can you join us? Drive for DRS It’s almost two years since we demanded that our government introduce a deposit…
When in Rome? Recycle.
Planning a trip to Rome? Bring along some plastic bottles to recycle. When in Rome? Well, why not bring along a few plastic bottles, about 30 to be exact. When recycled, these buy you a standard ticket on Rome’s local Bus and Subway public transit network (ATAC). How can this be? Recycling pays your way.…
