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What is an EIA? The environmental impact assessment (EIA) entails the systematic collection and analysis of information about the environmental effects of a proposed project by the developer. It enables the competent authority to decide if and how the project should be carried out and, more importantly, gives the public a chance to evaluate and comment on…

She was addressing the attendees at Sustainability Live last week (1-3rd April). On that smog filled day in Bermingham, Goodwin predicted that UK companies who embrace the circular economy model will outperform their competitors and grab substantial economic gains in the process. Our current “throwaway linear economic model” will become a millstone around our necks…

Green Week 2014 The EU’s Green Week is the biggest annual conference on European environment policy. This year it will take place from 3rd to 5th June at The Egg Conference Centre, Rue Bara, in Brussels. We are particularly excited by this year’s theme – Circular Economy, Resource Efficiency & Waste. As you will know…

We welcome the recent Serco published new research investigating the impact of recycling incentives. Serco commissioned Eunomia Research & Consultancy to explore the effect of incentives and reward schemes on recycling rates in over 30 boroughs across the UK with encouraging results. The study shows that authorities with recycling incentives schemes recorded an average 8%…

We love watching videos, especially those that teach us something. So we’re delighted to see a new ‘trailer’ released by The European Commission through their generationawake.eu website. The new mini film promotes the message of viewing waste as a resource. It’s part of its environmental initiative – Generation Awake. The film takes the form of…

The Power of LESS. UK Landfill tax goes up 11% to £80 per tonne on April 1st 2014. Will this drive consumers and businesses to generate LESS waste? or will it be merely be factored into costs? And what’s it got to do with an Espresso Coffee ? or the power of less? The UK…

It might seem unlikely but a recent apparent u-turn on waste management policy in Denmark could be in the offing. It’s all driven by the 2050 EU goals of Emissions reduction. We applaud Denmark’s environment minister Ida Auken who recently announced a new strategy that changes the nation’s priority from incineration to recycling. Make no…

This simplicity requires a major effort up front , at the Design. Because products must be designed for a continuous life or use and re-use. This will require re-manufacturing to be built into the design. Getting to a waste free world will require a total makeover of the global economy and the way we design…

With the Dail’s public accounts Committee putting some difficult questions to the Dublin City Council’s representatives on Jan 22nd 2014 we feel there is more to be probed than simply the gigantic overspend of taxpayers money on the planning phase. We think that Dublin City Council has serious questions to answer on the Poolbeg incinerator…

Ireland must be vigilant to maintain our low environmental dioxin levels. Dioxins have, in recent years, continued to generate environmental concerns that capture public attention. In order to maintain surveillance of dioxins, furans and other related pollutants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carries out a number of almost identical surveys based on levels found in cows’…

A waste free office is a stress free one too ! There are 5 steps to Zero Waste in your office -(refuse, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover) – and these steps follow a very deliberate pecking order (or hierarchy), starting with the most important step (refuse) and ending with the “least important” step (recover). Here’s…

Every day, we buy things that we may not really need, and throw out stuff that still has a lot of value. There are huge financial and environmental benefits to breaking this pattern. This is what Zero Waste is all about.