More than 5,000 people in Cork will enjoy free vegetarian curry at ‘Feed the City’ event to highlight food waste and sustainability issues on 15 March. A new urban dining initiative, “Feed the City”, will see 5,000 people enjoying tasty and nutritious vegetarian curry absolutely free on Saturday 15th March at Grand Parade, Cork. The … Read more
EUROPEN’s new in-depth analysis of official EU data on the evolution of packaging waste rates (1998-2011) demonstrates the packaging supply chain’s continued commitment towards Europe’s resource efficiency objectives. This is reflected in yearly increases in packaging recycling rates and a steady decline in packaging waste going to landfill. “The launch of the report is timely … Read more
Sustainability within the pharmaceutical processing and manufacturing sector has never been more important! For many years larger organisations have been realising the fact that environmental policies and energy efficiencies within processing is directly related to the bottom line! Reducing energy costs, carbon footprint and waste during the process of pharmaceuticals can have a significant impact … Read more
Eunomia was commissioned to undertake a review of the targets in the Waste Framework Directive, the Landfill Directive and the Packaging and Packaging Waste Directive by DG Environment at the European Commission . This study aims to identify the key issues with the existing targets and propose possible solutions. The European Commission triggered the review … Read more
EU 27+2 recycled 5.4m tonnes, 34.7%, of all its plastic packaging waste in 2012, easily surpassing the EU’s minimum target of 22.5%, says the annual report Plastics -The Facts 2012.[pdf, 935kB] This report has been produced in partnership between PlasticsEurope, EuPC, EuPR and EPRO (The Plastic Data Alliance) Energy recovery hit 34.5% (33.2%). In total 69.2% … Read more
Irish Water to become national water services authority tomorrow Public ownership of Irish Water guaranteed in Water Services No. 2 Act 31.12.2013 [No. 50/2013] The Minister for the Environment, Community and Local Government, Phil Hogan T.D., has said the transfer of statutory responsibility for water and wastewater services to Irish Water from local authorities tomorrow … Read more
People in one Kerry town have discovered that there’s more than just waste food in their bins — there’s lots of money that could have been better spent. An RTÉ documentary to be screened next Sunday will look at how much food the Kerry town throws out. [Waste Watchers, Sunday, 6.30-7.30pm, RTÉ One] After measuring … Read more
The Green Healthcare Programme has produced a Case Study on the Waste Minimisation Programme [pdf, 2.65MB] implemented by Temple Street Children’s University Hospital. This Case Study outlines the positive measures implemented in the ordering and provision of food, reduction in general landfill waste and healthcare risk waste including: Tight control on the meals provided to … Read more
The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) public consultation on the proposed revised National Hazardous Waste Management Plan is currently underway. Closing date for comment is 23rd December 2013. This Proposed Revised Plan is a revision of the National Hazardous Waste Management Plan (2008-2012) and sets out the priorities to be pursued over the next six years … Read more
Two of the biggest barriers for organisations refurbishing waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) for re-use are the availability of sufficient quantities of good quality used equipment and a lack of legislation that encourages or enforces re-use. These, and other barriers as well as success factors, were identified in a recent survey of re-use organisations … Read more