Preventing Waste, Strengthening Communities Conference – October 7th 2010 – Dublin

Community leaders, individuals, politicians, local authority staff and people with an interest in reuse, recycling and community work are encouraged to attend the ‘Preventing Waste, Strengthening Communities Conference’ at the Civic Centre in Ballymun, Dublin 9 on Thursday, 7th October 2010. Organised by the all-island Community Recycling Network, this one-day event will include international speakers … Read more

Recyclable Lunchtime Packaging For School Children

There are over 492,000 primary school children in Ireland each bringing in over 2 million packed lunches weekly (or 80 million per year). Mother of four Shauna Walsh thought there must be a more environmentally friendly and easier to open method to pack the kids sandwiches. She developed the Paper Lunch Bags. The environmentally friendly … Read more