Month: January 2014

  • Just what is Zero Waste all about?

    Just what is Zero Waste all about?

    This simplicity requires a major effort up front , at the Design. Because products must be designed for a continuous life or use and re-use. This will require re-manufacturing to be built into the design. Getting to a waste free world will require a total makeover of the global economy and the way we design…

  • 5 Questions for Dublin City Manager on Poolbeg Incinerator plans

    5 Questions for Dublin City Manager on Poolbeg Incinerator plans

    With the Dail’s public accounts Committee putting some difficult questions to the Dublin City Council’s representatives on Jan 22nd 2014 we feel there is more to be probed than simply the gigantic overspend of taxpayers money on the planning phase. We think that Dublin City Council has serious questions to answer on the Poolbeg incinerator…

  • EPA reveal Ireland’s 2012 Dioxin levels

    EPA reveal Ireland’s 2012 Dioxin levels

    Ireland must be vigilant to maintain our low environmental dioxin levels. Dioxins have, in recent years, continued to generate environmental concerns that capture public attention. In order to maintain surveillance of dioxins, furans and other related pollutants, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) carries out a number of almost identical surveys based on levels found in cows’…