This week on Ours to Protect we took a look at recycling.
The Christmas season can generate a lot of waste, it’s important now to know how to dispose of the materials properly.
Did you know?.....
According to the Environmental Protection Agency, Ireland generated 1.2 million tons of packaging waste in 2021.
A way to tackle this amount of waste is ensuring homes and businesses are recycling correctly.
How to help?....
When recycling the most important thing to remember is to ensure the materials are clean, loose and dry.
The materials that can be recycled are paper and cardboard, all plastic packaging and tins and cans.
As of 2024, new EU legislation means all households in Ireland are entitled to a brown bin collection service.
The brown bin service can accept all types of food waste, including fruit and vegetable peelings, plate scrapings, raw and cooked meat and fish.
Mywaste.ie is encouraging households to reach out to their current waste collectors to express interest in the service.
Useful links….
https://www.epa.ie/our-services/monitoring--assessment/waste/national-waste-statistics/packaging/
