A partnership of six newspaper and magazine bodies has been nominated for a prestigious environmental award in recognition of their efforts to reduce waste and increase efficiency in Ireland’s paper supply chain. The Green Press Partnership (GPP), which represents the main newspaper and magazine groups in Ireland, is one of eight finalists in the Supply … Read more
Toyota Ireland will fund some of Ireland’s up and coming young environmentalists through the awarding of €10,000 in seed grants to ECO-UNESCO’s clubs across Ireland. ECO-UNESCO is Ireland’s environmental education and youth organisation and its clubs provide an outlet for young people to come together and help the environment and their local communities in a … Read more
The City Bin Co has been officially recognised for the third year in a row as one of Ireland’s leading businesses by retaining the prestigious Deloitte ‘Best Managed Companies’ award. The 2011 Deloitte ‘Best Managed’ designation is a symbol of corporate success, an award of excellence for companies that translate a core vision into a … Read more
Ireland is well advanced in achieving most of the EU waste recovery and recycling targets, according to the Environmental Protection Agency’s National Waste Report 2009. However, the report urges continued efforts to divert biodegradable waste from landfill, improve the penetration of source separated waste collection services (3 bin), and prevent waste arisings from all sectors … Read more
The European Parliament wants tighter rules for the EU’s growing output of waste electronic and electrical equipment (WEEE), while cutting red tape for companies. MEPs have proposed new targets for collecting, recycling and re-using waste. They also recommended tougher measures to prevent the export of e-waste to developing countries, where it can pose a health … Read more
Eras Eco, the Cork based waste treatment and recycling plant, has announced plans for a €10 million investment in new environmentally friendly technology at its site at Foxhole, Youghal. Ten new full-time jobs will be created once the new facilities are commissioned in addition to approximately 20 jobs during the construction and installation phase. The … Read more
Repak is asking householders to keep up Ireland’s running success of recycling this Christmas with an expected 69,000 tonnes of used packaging being generated over the period. This seasonal 30% increase on the volume of packaging including cans, bottles, boxes and wrapping equates to enough packaging to fill 2.5 million green bins or 47 kilos … Read more
Waste management group Greenstar is making life easier for its customers this Christmas with bin collection and billing reminder texts. Using a bulk texting service from SMS provider, Phonovation, Greenstar sends reminders to customers’ mobiles the night before their bin is due to be collected. The service is proving very popular with the majority of … Read more
Marks & Spencer is continuing to make major progress in its UK and Irish operations towards its Plan A eco and ethical programme to become the world’s most sustainable major retailer by 2015. M&S stores, offices and distribution centres in the UK and Ireland are now recycling 92% of their operational waste, up from the … Read more
Enterprise Ireland-backed company Cynar of Portlaoise has signed an exclusive agreement with SITA UK, one of the UK’s leading recycling and resource management companies, to build Britain’s first fully operational plants to convert end of life plastic into diesel fuel. The objective is to build ten UK plastic to diesel conversion plants dealing with 60,000 … Read more