April 4th, 2018 For several years now, the Our Farm community garden at the National College of Art and Design has been using a small two-acre plot for educational, artistic and social activities. The project – a collaboration between NCAD’s student union and the Dublin Community Growers network – aims Read more…
March 21st, 2018 The recycling of brown bin waste has increased by 22 per cent in Ireland in 2016, according to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). According to the EPA’s latest Waste Data, the total quantity of waste generated in Ireland and accepted for treatment at composting and anaerobic digestion Read more…
[cs_content][cs_section parallax=”false” style=”margin: 0px;padding: 45px 0px;”][cs_row inner_container=”true” marginless_columns=”false” style=”margin: 0px auto;padding: 0px;”][cs_column fade=”false” fade_animation=”in” fade_animation_offset=”45px” fade_duration=”750″ type=”1/1″ style=”padding: 0px;”][cs_text class=”cs-ta-right”]9th February 2017[/cs_text][cs_text class=”cs-ta-justify”]Phosphorus depletion is one of the most important dilemmas facing the world. Our modern agriculture system has led us down a deeply unsustainable path, which we must diverge from. Phosphorus Read more…
Changes to domestic waste collection are just around the corner. With three categories of waste and minimum charges being introduced for some kinds of waste, there is some confusion about what the new changes will mean for householders. Mindy O’Brien, coordinator of sustainable resource use campaigning organisation VOICE Ireland, explains the changes and also gives tips on how to reduce your waste and your bills.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has today released 2015 figures on composting and AD of biodegradable waste in Ireland. The quantity of biodegradable waste that was sent for composting or Anaerobic Digestion (AD) increased in 2015 by 11% since 2013, but 22% of brown-bin waste was exported to Northern Ireland.
