Waste
# waste - Saturday 20 April, 2013
Global first as UCC retains Green Flag for environment
The college was the first university in the world to be awarded the international Green Flag for environmental friendliness in 2010.
# waste - Sunday 14 April, 2013
Blog shines spotlight on Dublin city’s illegal dumping problem
The Dublin Litter Blog showcases the overstuffed bags, rubbish and random items illegally dumped on the capital’s streets.
VIDEO: Scottish scientists turn whiskey waste into fuel
The scientists in Edinburgh use a 100-year-old scientific process to produce biobutanol and adapted it for whiskey.
# waste - Friday 12 April, 2013
Plans to end street cleaning in parts of Dublin described as ‘insane’
An Taisce has heavily criticised plans to prevent illegal dumping by stopping street cleaning altogether in parts of the north inner city.
# waste - Tuesday 19 March, 2013
This island is a toxic dump in the centre of paradise
Thilafushi, an artificial island in the middle of the Maldives archipelago, is the dumping ground for Malé and luxury hotels.
# waste - Saturday 19 January, 2013
Aaron McKenna: Our nearest neighbour may leave the EU. Here’s why.
The bureaucracy, waste and profligacy of the EU repulses many people, writes Aaron McKenna – so is it any surprise the UK might want to exit?
# waste - Saturday 22 December, 2012
Irish households will generate 25 per cent more packaging waste over Christmas
Repak said Irish households will go through 5 million boxes of chocolates and 50 million bottles of beer this festive season.
# waste - Friday 7 December, 2012
Poll: Should householders be charged for recycling bags?
Greyhound previously gave Dubliners free bags to put their recycling in – but no more. What do you think?
# waste - Thursday 6 December, 2012
Greyhound customers to be charged for recycling from tomorrow
Greyhound customers received a letter today informing them of the charge for recycling bags which will kick in on Friday.
# waste - Saturday 3 November, 2012
The 9 at 9: Saturday
The nine stories you need to know this morning.
# waste - Friday 2 November, 2012
Date for Poolbeg waste plant postponed – again
More than five years after the first contract was signed, the deadline for recommencing work at the Poolbeg site has been pushed back again.
# waste - Wednesday 26 September, 2012
Supermarket chain criticised for pre-peeled bananas
The Austrian-based supermarket Billa wrapped the peeled bananas in plastic packaging.
# waste - Monday 3 September, 2012
Tourists greeted by litter blackspots around Dublin Airport
But a new litter survey has revealed mostly positive results about the Emerald Isle.
# waste - Wednesday 22 August, 2012
In numbers: Ireland’s growing recycling trend
Some 208,000 tonnes of household packaged was recovered last year.
# waste - Sunday 5 August, 2012
Landfill levy set for additional increase in July 2013
Levy to deter landfill use and increase recycling increased by 30 per cent last month – but Phil Hogan says plans are in place for another increase next summer.
# waste - Thursday 5 July, 2012
Clare cracking down on illegal dumping
Three hefty fines were imposed by Ennis District Court last week as a result of fly-tipping and other illegal activities.
# waste - Sunday 1 July, 2012
Increase in Dublin bin charges set to kick in from today
The waste collection companies say that the price rise is to cover the cost of the Government landfill levy.
# waste - Tuesday 26 June, 2012
Here’s one thing Ireland is getting right…
That air you’re breathing right now? It’s some of the best in Europe.
# waste - Tuesday 19 June, 2012
Dublin council removes 48 street bins to deter illegal dumping
A local Sinn Féin representative believes that most offenders simply can’t afford to pay domestic bin charges.
# waste - Friday 15 June, 2012
Locals in Meath told to keep windows closed and stay indoors following Panda blaze
Fire at the recycling plant is continuing to burn, but is controlled.
# waste - Saturday 10 March, 2012
Have your say: What should we do to rein in our spending?
Is our culture suffering from an epidemic of consumerism? What should we do to make sure we’re shopping sensibly? Let us know here…
# waste - Monday 5 March, 2012
State is overspending by €3,879 per person, according to TD’s sums
Cork South West TD Noel Harrington has shared his Budget 2012 analysis with TheJournal.ie.
# waste - Thursday 1 March, 2012
Reduction in waste from Irish homes
The EPA’s waste report for 2010 shows that Ireland is on track for meeting EU waste targets – and that the amount of waste generated by households has dropped.
# waste - Wednesday 15 February, 2012
Bin changeover a ‘shambles’ – Dublin Lord Mayor
Andrew Montague said that there had not been enough time given to the changeover.
# waste - Tuesday 31 January, 2012
# waste - Thursday 26 January, 2012
Data chiefs launch twin investigations into Greyhound bins transfer
The Data Protection Commissioner wants to see whether Greyhound’s collection of Dublin City Council’s debts is legal.
# waste - Tuesday 24 January, 2012
City Manager: Yes, we made mistakes with the Dublin bins
At an emergency meeting of Dublin City Council last night councillors asked the Competition Authority to examine how the privatisation of the waste collection service took place.
# waste - Monday 23 January, 2012
Emergency meeting over Dublin city bins ‘disaster’
Dublin City councillors are angry with the city managers over how the bin collection service was privatised, saying residents are confused over what’s happening.
# waste - Saturday 14 January, 2012
Dublin City Council to stop bin collection services
Greyhound Recycling will take over the operations on Monday.
# waste - Tuesday 13 December, 2011
Planned ‘superdump’ in North Dublin cancelled
The controversial landfill in Lusk which was first proposed in 1997 had been opposed by the local community.
# waste - Monday 19 September, 2011
The 9 at 9: Monday
Nine things to know before 9am: Man in court over Roscommon stabbing, eateries lose millions in food waste, and the latest institution to ban men with red hair…
Irish restaurants lose €125m per year by throwing away food: survey
One-in-two people admit to regularly over ordering and leaving food behind, according to new research.
# waste - Wednesday 24 August, 2011
State’s €4million bill for bringing Irish waste home from North
Around 10,000 tonnes of illegally dumped rubbish is being excavated from a quarry just north of the Border.
# waste - Saturday 6 August, 2011
Ireland’s dependence on landfills ‘unacceptably high’
Incineration has a “role to play” in Ireland, both for treating waste and providing energy, according to the Department for the Environment.
Poll: Does incineration have a ‘role to play’ in Ireland?
The Department of the Environment has said that incineration has a “role to play” in Ireland, both for treating waste and providing energy – but what do you think?
# waste - Thursday 4 August, 2011
Column: We throw a third of our food away – and it’s polluting our country
As famine hits in Somalia, a mind-boggling amount of Irish food is literally piling up in landfills. Tara Connolly explains.
# waste - Thursday 28 July, 2011
How to… capture a drain-dwelling crocodile
Locals in Cairns found the urban myth of reptiles in the underground sewage system is true.
# waste - Wednesday 13 July, 2011
Waste and inefficiency persist across many public bodies: PAC
Committee Chairman John McGuinness has promised to “follow up rigorously” on the implementation of the recommendations of the Dáil’s Public Accounts Committee.
# waste - Thursday 31 March, 2011
Council defend decision to make Drico “an honorary southsider”
Commercial ratepayers furious with Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council’s unnecessary expenditure.
# waste - Thursday 2 December, 2010
€20m fingerprint machine spends 4 years idle because of union dispute
Civil servants refuse to operate machine which was intended to tackle immigrant benefit fraud without increase in pay.
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