Households and businesses across County Limerick are now obliged to source an authorised refuse collection service under new Bye-Laws introduced by Limerick County Council last month. Approximately 25,389 households, representing 52% of all households in County Limerick, are presently without an authorised refuse collection service. The Bye-Laws, which came into operation on 9 January 2012 … Read more
The Rethink Waste grants totalling £1.6million will be available in 2012/13 for capital projects that will reduce waste to landfill in Northern Ireland through recycling or reuse activity. Rethink Waste Fund Grants have been awarded to Councils over the past two years for around 52 projects and it is estimated that they will result in … Read more
Ulster Farm By-Products, the animal rendering operation near Glenavy in County Antrim, has been fined a total of £35,000 plus court costs at the Lisburn Magistrates Court. The company pleaded guilty to seven offences associated with offensive odours that occurred between 25th August 2010 and 28th February 2011. The Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA) regulates … Read more
Envirogreen Recycling is urging Phil Hogan TD, the Minister for Environment, to place a blanket ban on mattresses being land filled. Industry figures indicate that in the region of 800,000 mattresses and beds annually are being sent to landfills throughout the country. According to Envirogreen Recycling 100% of the components of mattress can be recycled … Read more
Limerick County Council has reported a rise in the number of people calling its freephone litter line. An estimated 1,200 phone calls were received in 2011 and this year the Council says it is hoping to encourage even greater numbers of people to report incidences of litter in their local community. The figures were released … Read more
With demand for PET and HDPE recyclate soaring, WRAP says local authorities have a significant opportunity to boost overall recycling rates by focusing on collections of plastic bottles. Linda Crichton, Head of Collections at WRAP, says the growth in plastic bottle recycling has been remarkable over the past 10 years. “Back in 2000, only around … Read more
AquaCritox is especially suitable for the treatment of sewage, drinking water sludge and industrial organic aqueous waste streams. It uses super critical water oxidation (SCWO) to destroy organic waste safely, without generating hazardous emissions, and is completely odourless. With payback periods of approximately five years, AquaCritox generates renewable energy and recovers valuable by-products, such as … Read more
The European Parliament has asked the Commission and member states to draw up plans to tackle the problem. Nearly 50% of edible and healthy food is wasted every year in the EU by households, supermarkets, restaurants and the distribution chain. Food waste currently amounts to around 89 million tonnes a year and could climb to … Read more
Minister Fergus O’Dowd, TD, Minister of State, Department of Environment, Community & Local Government will deliver a keynote speech at a brand new conference for Ireland’s water market. Water Ireland 2012 will take place at Chartered Accountants House in central Dublin on 25 April and is organised by WWT Events. Ireland is at a critical … Read more
Announcing the deadline last week (January 13), Mr Hogan was forced to reject a claim made by Deputy Éamon Ó’Cuív that he had “seriously mislead” the Dáil in relation to the timeline for the enactment of the Bill and over non-compliance fines. According to Mr Hogan, the deadline to ensure legislation is in place is … Read more