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Did you know that you can bring back all of your used electric and electronic waste to businesses free of charge in Galway City? Large electrical retailers in Galway City are required to accept household electrical equipment free of charge from members of the public as part of the ‘We’ll take it back’ campaign from WEEE (Waste […]

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Kildare Households Urged to Avail of Free E-Waste Recycling Event

By Ryan Harmon 23 June 2022

Kildare households are being urged to bring their e-waste to a set of free collection days to help the county meet recycling targets which have increased since the pandemic. The events, hosted by WEEE Ireland with support from Kildare County Council, kick off on Saturday June 25 at the Tesco carpark, Celbridge from 10am-4pm, followed […]

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Christmas Trees Recycling Drop Off Points in Cork City

By Ryan Harmon 28 December 2021

Cork City Council will provide facilities for the acceptance of Christmas trees for recycling from householders in Cork City. Christmas trees may be deposited free of charge at any of the sites listed below from 3rd January to 31st January 2021: Gus Healy Swimming Pool, Ballinlough (adjacent to the green). Clashduv Park, Togher (adjacent to […]

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Soft Plastics Can Now Be Placed In Your Household Recycling Bin

By Ryan Harmon 6 October 2021

Householders can now place all plastic packaging into the household recycling bin – once it is clean dry and loose. This includes both soft and rigid plastics everything from a plastic bottle to the plastic film on fruit packs! This is a welcome development, as currently in Ireland we recycle less than one third of all our of plastic […]

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ELVES Podcast Featuring Elena Wrelton

By Jack Mullen 13 April 2021

Pictured above: Elena Wrelton, Environmental Compliance Manager at ELVES. In last weeks discussion we spoke to Elena Wrelton who is the Environmental Compliance Manager at ELVES (ELV Environmental Services CLG) the compliance scheme for End-of-Life Vehicles. Her role focuses on the recycling operations side of the organisation including the Authorised Treatment Facility

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Building from old buildings: demolition waste is being turned into new concrete

By Jack Mullen 26 March 2021

Concrete can perform just as well if three-quarters of its content has been recycled, a team has found. Concrete is made from granular materials such as sand and crushed stone – known as aggregates – bound together by a cement paste. Cement has a high carbon footprint due to the chemistry of its production and […]

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Laois chosen for Ireland’s first plastic to plastic bottle recycling plant

By Jack Mullen 2 December 2020

Laois has been chosen as the county to have Ireland’s first dedicated plastic bottle recycling factory. Waste management company Panda have signed an agreement to construct Ireland’s first dedicated bottle to bottle plastic recycling facility in Portlaoise. The €20 million investment is said to create up to 100 new jobs. It’s exact location is not […]

Free Recycling of Electrical Waste in Galway City

Kildare Households Urged to Avail of Free E-Waste Recycling Event

Christmas Trees Recycling Drop Off Points in Cork City

Soft Plastics Can Now Be Placed In Your Household Recycling Bin

ELVES Podcast Featuring Elena Wrelton

Building from old buildings: demolition waste is being turned into new concrete

Laois chosen for Ireland’s first plastic to plastic bottle recycling plant

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