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Green Alley Award 2017
Green Alley Award 2017, is it for you? Want to make a difference in the world of the Circular Economy? Well maybe this competition is right up your alley! Are you a green start-up or eco-entrepreneur with a brilliant idea in the green and circular economy sector? Then apply now for the Green Alley Award…
Ireland’s Greenhouse Gas emissions projected to increase strongly
Blow to our Climate change fight as Greenhouse gas emissions projected to increase strongly. According to the EPA, Ireland is unlikely to meet our 2020 EU greenhouse gas emissions targets. They identify sectors under pressure such as agriculture, transport, residential, commercial, non-energy intensive industry and waste sectors. What’s our target? Ireland’s greenhouse gas emissions reduction…
Environ Conference Token reference to Circular Economy
Minister Denis Naughten TD, addressed the attendees at Environ 2017, AIT Athlone, today April 10th 2017. The Circular Economy was not high on his list of priorities. In his rambling speech he offered just a single reference to the Circular Economy. We re-publish his words below …. Circular economy section of his speech. ”Responding to Climate Change…
Taking Food Waste Off the Menu
We, as consumers, in the Industrialised world have a big problem. We’re Wasters, big food wasters ! Food Waste comparison across the world We waste much more food than our less industrialised cousins in Africa, Asia and Latin America. We are suffering obesity growth while one in nine people are chronically undernourished in poor, less developed countries. In Europe…
2017 – the Year of Zero Food Waste
2017 will be the Zero FOOD Waste YEAR – ZeroFood Waste- Landfill courtesy celestine-ngulube, via unsplash The year we finally get our FOOD WASTE TO ZERO. Zero Waste Alliance are launching a big weapon in the war on Food Waste – a commercial Zero Food waste digester for Food catering and retailing establishments. We will…
Pay by weight Bin charges revamp long fingered
Government dithering dumps uncertainty on consumers pay-by-weight typical bin weights in EU The minority government is showing the Irish consumer two fingers today. Their inability to grasp the nettle and agree a sustainable pricing model for pay by weight bin collection charges tells the consumer that their concerns on price gouging will not be dealt…
Mobile Phone recycling – it’s your call
To Upgrade or not? With the raft of new phone models hitting the streets in the coming months (e.g Apple iPhone 7, Samsung Galaxy 7 etc) have you considered maybe not rushing ahead and upgrading , as the marketing and sales folks want us to do. We are often so obsessed with the new features…
Packaging levy and container tax proposal – Ireland
We cautiously welcome the proposals by officials in the Department of the Environment to Minister Simon Coveney, to take measures to tackle the problems of litter and landfill waste caused by consumer packaging and single use containers. (This was announced on 19th July 2016). This tax proposal for a packaging levy will also provide some…
Waste charge hikes for Pay-by-Weight : How to fight back.
With the new pay-by-weight charges coming into force on July 1, 2016, we are seeing a lot of profiteering taking place. Contracts already in place with consumers are being terminated and they are being offered new contracts with much higher overall charges in the majority of cases. But is this fair? The new regime was…
Big burners – application is back for Ringaskiddy Incinerator
Ringaskiddy Incinerator Proposal – wrong place, wrong time, wrong solution. There’s more than a whiff of toxic smoke from this project – ( Application to An Bord Pleanála by Indaver Ireland Limited for Planning Permission for a Proposed Incinerator at Ringaskiddy, County Cork An Bord Pleanála Reference PL04.PA0045) – and the arrogance exhibited by both an Bord Pleanala,…
General Election 2016- climate change recommendations
During the current recession Irish concerns for Climate Change have dropped as a priority issue for voters and politicians alike. This is understandable since all news of the Paris Cop21 agreement and the emphasis on more mundane election issues that has now ensued. One might be forgiven for thinking the Climate matters are being dealt…
Zero Waste Manifesto
Circular Economy and Zero Waste – the Manifesto. In October 2015, around 150 politicians, NGOs and business representatives gathered in Poznan for a Zero Waste Seminar to put forward a new plan for to keep resources in the economy, cut waste, and boost repair and reuse. Co-organised by the European Environmental Bureau as part of…
