KCLR – Weekly Episode 38- A New National Waste Management plan

This week on Ours to Protect KEVIN SWIFT, Regional Waste Co-Ordinator with the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices who is going to tell us about the first of it’s kind national plan which aims to stop waste growth over the next six years in a bid to prevent over a quarter of a million tonnes […]

KCLR – Weekly Tips 37 – George Quirke on life off the grid

On this week’s Ours to Protect, series Producer Ethna caught up with her name sake George Quirke about living “off grid” – but what exactly does that mean? “Off grid” refers to energy that is generated and untied to the electrical grid.  However, most people use the term more broadly to describe living in a […]

Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 42 – The Big Donegal Clean Up

Did you know? The Big Donegal Clean-up runs every April! The goal is for communities to come together and take a proactive approach to improving the environment that we all share. There is hopes that 2024 will be the biggest clean up yet – more and more people have been joining! Why it’s important! Over […]

Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 41 – Eddie Bradley: Eco Ambassador

Did you know? An Taisce set up Ireland’s first ever programme to support those looking to take climate action in 2017 (an taisce) To date there have been 1,023 ambassadors and 4,495 actions taken. Donegal has 2 climate ambassadors, so there is definitely room for more! Why it’s important! This is the highest levels of […]

Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 40 – A National Waste Management Plan

Did you know? The National Waste Management Plan for a Circular Economy has been launched The first of-its-kind national plan aims to stop waste growth over the next six years, preventing over a quarter of a million tonnes of waste. 3.2 million tonnes of municipal waste was generated in Ireland in 2021. That’s equivalent to […]