Irish-owned CEMS-Dalian Industry Company (CEMS-D) is to develop an environmentally safe centre for ship dismantling and recycling at a new facility to be opened in Zhuanghe near Dalian, which is one of the busiest ports in the world, located north-east of Beijing. All manner of ship dismantling waste, including hazardous materials, will be recycled or … Read more
A new report, published by the Welsh Government, shows that between April 2011 and March 2012 Wales’s local authorities reused or recycled almost 800,000 tonnes, while the amount of waste sent to landfill fell to around 700,000 tonnes. This means that for the first time Wales recycled more than it sent to landfill. “Wales is … Read more
Austria, Germany and Belgium recycled the largest proportion of municipal waste in Europe in 2010. Although some countries have rapidly increased recycling rates, Europe is still wasting vast quantities of valuable resources by sending them to landfill, and many countries risk falling short of legally binding recycling targets. Overall 35% of municipal waste was recycled … Read more
As part of the annual Repak Easter campaign, Repak is calling on Irish consumers to beat their record of recycling 21,000 tonnes of mixed packaging from households over the Easter period in 2012. This accounted for over 50% of all used household packaging resulting in the equivalent of circa 19,000 tonnes of carbon equivalent saving. … Read more
Rehab Glassco is urging all householders to go greener in 2013 by making an extra effort to recycle their glass and aluminium cans at local bring sites. Glass is the best packaging material of all to recycle as it can be recycled over and over again without losing quality. Furthermore, recycling is easy, cost-effective and … Read more
Fota Wildlife Park is the first Zoological Institution in Ireland to be accredited with the prestigious international ‘Green Flag’ award. The accreditation, granted by An Taisce, was for their work on the An Taisce ‘Eco-Centre’ Programme and followed two years of sustained work and a rigorous assessment by an expert panel. The An Taisce ‘Eco-Centre’ … Read more
WEEE Ireland aims to recycle more than 25 million waste batteries in the next 12 months for LauraLynn, Ireland’s children’s hospice, after last year’s campaign succeeded in recycling 22 million waste batteries, raising Eur45,000 in the process. Due to the success of last year’s inaugural Spread a Little Sunshine campaign, WEEE Ireland is again teaming up … Read more
Four composting facilities from around Ireland have been accredited under the country’s first ever Compost Quality Assurance Scheme CQAS 441 and compost quality mark, which encompasses the Irish Standard for compost quality (I.S. 441). Each of the facilities certified creates quality compost from garden and/or food waste collected in Ireland. The CQAS 441Compost Quality Assurance … Read more
Secondary school pupils across the country, both North and South, are being encouraged to get their hands on industrial, electrical, commercial and domestic waste products and transform them into pieces of fashion art, as part of the Junk Kouture Recycled Fashion Competition 2013 in association with the European Recycling Platform (ERP). Junk Kouture, now in … Read more
Arvato Hightech beat off tough competition to scoop the overall Best Member Award, at the 2012 Repak Recycling Awards. Arvato was recognised for its commitment to reducing packaging waste through its pioneering ‘Project Icarus’ initiative which aimed to reduce packaging by 20%. Eircom Group won Best Prevention Initiative for the reduction in its branded Meteor … Read more