European countries have been required to check environmental air quality and measure any airborne pollutants that could endanger human health since 1996. Yet for many governmental and scientific institutions, meeting these targets with traditional air-sampling methods has been a challenge, with equipment that can be difficult to calibrate and sometimes prone to breakdown. The European … Read more
Culmination of €30 million project designed to reduce environmental impacts, boost competitiveness and lower energy costs Ringaskiddy, Cork, 30th May 2014 – Mr Seán Sherlock T.D., Minister for Research and Innovation, yesterday officiated at an event to formally switch on Johnson & Johnson’s two wind turbines in Cork’s lower harbour, which will support the DePuy … Read more
rx3 published the report Best Practice Guidance for Waste Plastic Management in Ireland. [pdf, 4.82MB] The guidance is aimed at improving the quality of recycled plastic to assist with securing end markets and maintaining a buoyant recycling industry in Ireland. The best practice guidance document outlines the main drivers behind achieving a quality product and … Read more
Environmental Protection Agency figures released show that Ireland faces considerable challenges in moving to a low carbon economy. In particular, there is a significant risk that, even under the best-case scenario, Ireland will not meet its EU 2020 targets. Ireland’s EU target is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transport, agriculture, residential, waste and non-energy … Read more
As part of our continuing commitment to reducing our impact on the environment, today Diageo announced that we have successfully achieved external limited assurance of the indirect (Scope 3) CO2 emissions associated with the transportation and distribution of our finished goods to our first paying customers for the year ended 30 June 2013. Diageo has … Read more
Professor Thomas Stocker, Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Working Group 1 Co-chair and lead author of its report on the Physical Science Basis of Climate Change, will present the next in the EPA’s Climate Change lecture series on Tuesday 27th May 2014. This lecture on “Climate Change Now: The Facts” will provide an overview … Read more
Greiner Packaging’s production plant in Northern Ireland is helping a neighbouring college cut its £40,000 annual heating bill by donating waste heat from its compressors and its process cooling installation. Dungannon Integrated College, a secondary school with 500 pupils, receives the heat into its central heating system via underground pipework, not only reducing costs but … Read more
Dulux Paints Ireland Ltd was one of 31 private, public and SME sector organisations receiving awards today from the Minister for Small Business, Mr John Perry T.D. at NSAI (National Standards Authority of Ireland). The international company joined the likes of Dawn Meats, Datapac, the Fire & Rescue Services of both Carlow and Clare in … Read more
Dawn Meats recently attended the McDonald’s Worldwide Convention in Orlando, Florida in the US, where it was recognised at the Best of Sustainable Supply (BoSS) awards as the global winner in the Economics category and a finalist in the Water Use category. More than 600 entries were submitted, with Dawn Meats earning a place alongside … Read more
Subsea camera and machine vision technology by Irish company Cathx Ocean enables Bluefin Autonomous Underwater Vehicles (AUVs) to ‘see clearly’ during deep-water subsea engineering operations. Quincy, MA and Dublin, Ireland, May 5 2014 – Kildare-based underwater technology company Cathx Ocean expects to more than double its workforce over the next 24 months with the creation … Read more