Month: June 2017
Is Waste Metering coming soon?
HAS WATER WASTE METERING ARRIVED? We give a very qualified welcome to yesterday’s WASTE CHARGES announcement by Minister Naughton of the Department of Communications, Climate Action & Environment (see text in the annex below). It starts the ball rolling on waste reduction initiatives but does not go far enough to ensure recycling, waste avoidance and consumer…
Waste Reduction Bill 2017 – needs all our support
We are aware more than most in Zero Waste Ireland that the issue of plastic pollution is a massive global challenge and a blight on our own country. According to the Green Party, every year, over 110 million tonnes of plastic is produced. Of this, up to 43% ends up in landfill. The amount of…
