Tipperary firm Ryans Cleaning has delivered its own winning performance at the London Olympics having cleaned up more than 550 tonnes of waste left in Hyde Park and Victoria Park, where more than a million visitors passed through over the two-week spectacular. During the course of the two weeks, Ryans employed more than 3,600 staff … Read more
The High Court has appointed Deloitte’s David Carson as receiver to waste company Greenstar. Greenstar said it had “no choice” but to facilitate the banks in appointing the receiver following what it claimed was an “unexpected move” taken by its lenders in demanding immediate repayment of loans. The firm owes more than €80 million to … Read more
Improved rules on the collection and treatment of electric waste have come into force. Waste electrical and electronic equipment (e-waste or WEEE) is one of the fastest growing waste streams, and it offers substantial opportunities in terms of making secondary raw materials available on the market. Systematic collection and proper treatment is a precondition for recycling … Read more
A new report on how Member States manage their municipal waste shows that Ireland still has a long way to go. The Irish results are remarkably poor in areas such as decoupling of waste from consumption, access to waste collection services and the rate of waste going to landfills. Scoring 19 out of 42 points … Read more
Growing prosperity and urbanisation could double the volume of municipal solid waste annually by 2025, challenging environmental and public health management in the world’s cities, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service. Although some of this waste is eventually recycled, the doubling of waste that current projections … Read more
Co. Galway, Ireland — Waste Management Solutions have always claimed that we can save you money on your waste costs and we now have a prime example of how these savings can be achieved. Brogans Spar is based in Bangor Erris, County Mayo. This Spar is owned and managed by Amanda Carabine. It is approximately … Read more
WEEE Ireland has embraced Ireland’s new recycling challenge as the countdown begins to the new WEEE Directive Legislation which has to be implemented into Irish Law by February 14th 2014. The Recast of the Directive sets new challenges for the WEEE industry including a collection target of 45% rising to 65% for all EEE (electrical, … Read more
The European Recycling Platform (ERP), Ireland’s only pan-European compliance scheme for electrical and electronic waste and waste battery recycling, has welcomed the completion of the European Union’s legislative process with the publication of the recast of the EU Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The new WEEE Directive aims to improve collection, re-use … Read more
The Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government has launched a new national anti-litter advertising campaign in the print media. The advertising campaign is a result of an initiative between the Department and the newspaper and magazine industry, The print media, represented by National Newspapers of Ireland (NNI), NNI Local & Regional, the Regional … Read more
Businesses will face higher waste disposal costs as from this month as landfill tax rises to Eur65 per tonne under the Government’s continued materials diversion drive. The hike represents an Eur15 increase from the 2011-12 rate of Eur50 per tonne and will put companies under greater pressure to manage their waste more effectively by seeking … Read more