TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 42 – The National Spring Clean

Did you know…  National Spring Clean has been operated by An Taisce since 1999 in partnership with the Department of Environment, Heritage & Local Government and Local Authorities and is sponsored by the Wrigley Company Ltd. The size and scale of National Spring Clean has grown steadily and significantly[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 42 – The National Spring Clean

This week 96FM spoke with Emlyn Cullen, the National Spring Clean Manager for an Taisce about the project.  For more in this series listen into Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 41 – Old Oak Sustainability Plan

Did you know…  The Old Oak pub is on Oliver Plunkett Street. A significant proportion of its energy needs is being self-generated through almost 100 solar panels on its roof. Ger says they are seeing the benefits from making changes to how they operate which also includes a move[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 41 – Old Oak Sustainability Plan

This week 96FM spoke with Ger Kiely of the Old Oak, Clara O’Neill of the CBA and Ann Doherty, Chief Executive of Cork City Council about the landmark sites sustainability plans.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 40 – The National Bio-diversity Plan

Did you know?  The aim of the National Biodiversity action plan is to ensure that every citizen, community, business, local authority, semi-state and state agency has an awareness of biodiversity and its importance, and of the implications of its loss, while also understanding how they can act to address[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 40 – The National Bio-diversity Plan

This week 96fm spoke to Minister of State, Malcolm Noonan about the recent launch of the National Biodiversity Action Plan. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 39 – My Greenway

Did you know…  County Mayor, Cllr Frank O'Flynn and Minister of State at the Department of Transport, Deputy Jack Chambers TD officially opened the first part of the Midleton to Youghal Greenway recently. Phase one stretches 8km from Midleton Train Station to Mogeely, marking the first step in establishing[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 39 – My Greenway

This week 96fm spoke with County Mayor Cllr Frank O’Flynn and Minister of State Jack Chambers about My Greenway.  For more in this series listen into Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 38 – The Big Travel Challenge 2024

Did you know…  The Big Travel Challenge 2024 asks school communities to focus on modes of active travel like walking, cycling or scooting, and try to get as many people using that mode as possible over a period of 10 school days.  Schools can also promote a range[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 38 – The Big Travel Challenge 2024

This week 96fm spoke with Ciara Norton, travel manager of the Green-Schools initiative about this new project.  For more in this series listen in to 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 37 – Deeptech Festival

Did you know…  Many fields are applying the innovations of deep tech. Among the most common types of deep tech are the following:

• Advanced materials. Deep tech includes engineering materials at the molecular level to create products with enhanced electrical, thermal, structural and other[...]
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 37 – Deeptech Festival

Listen back to this week's episode as we speak with Eshna Gogia from Republic of Work about Deeptech festival.  For more in this series listen in to 96FM every Friday at 10.45am  [...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 36 – Restomation

Did you know…   

• In Ireland, approximately 20% of people opt for cremation. By contrast, in the UK, over 75% of people opt for the service.
• On average, cremation emits about 400kg of CO2 per body.
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 36 – Restomation

This week 96fm spoke with Elizabeth Oakes of Pure Reflections which offers a green, eco-friendly, and gentle alternative to flame cremation and burial. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 35 – Project Drawdown

Did you know…   

• 40% of food produced worldwide ends up in landfill, which accounts for 10% of global carbon emissions.
• In Ireland, food waste accounts for 29% of food bought by Irish households.
• According to[...]
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 35 – 2Good2Go

This week 96fm spoke with Jamie Crummie, co-founder of Too Good to Go. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 34 – ReFurbed

This week 96fm spoke with Padraig Power is Senior Marketing Manager for Global Operations at Refurbed.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 34 – ReFurbed

Did you know…    Based on the results of the study, buying refurbished smartphones, tablets and laptops instead of new devices saves : 

• Between 69 and 91% of CO2 emissions with an average across all devices of 80%,   
• Between 60[...]
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 33 – Enterprise Ireland Sustainability

Did you know…  Mitigating the impact of climate change and addressing environmental issues requires a whole-of-society approach. The enterprise sector must reduce its emissions by 35% by 2030 – while Ireland as a whole must reduce emissions by 51%.  Moving towards a low-carbon, resource-efficient economy is a journey[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 33 – Enterprise Ireland Sustainability

This week 96fm spoke with Alexa Toomey, Head of Sustainability , Renewable Energy and AgTech at Enterprise Ireland.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96 FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 32 – Return Deposit Scheme

Did you know…  Ireland currently has a recycling rate on plastic bottles and cans of 62% which means nearly 700 million single use items are not being recycled properly. A lot of these find their ways to rubbish bins or line the streets, rivers and beaches causing huge litter[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 32 – Return Deposit Scheme

This week 96fm spoke with Colin O Byrne from Voice Ireland about the new return Deposit scheme.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 31 – Waste not Want not..

Did you know…  More than one-quarter of the global food production is wasted, contributing significantly to climate change, with food loss and waste responsible for 8-10% of greenhouse gas emissions. Sustainable tourism is defined by the UN Environment Program and UN World Tourism Organization as “tourism that takes[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 31 – Waste not Want not..

This week 96fm spoke with Katherine Fitzpatrick .  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 30 – Upcycling and the Circular Economy

Did you know…  Ireland is one of the biggest consumers and disposers of textiles in the EU. We consume 53 kg per person per year and throw away 35 kg, compared to the European average of 26 kg and 12 kg. Around 110,000 tonnes of textiles in Ireland[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 30 – Upcycling and the Circular Economy

This week 96fm spoke with Ailis Crowley from FASH Fashion about the importance of upcycling and the circular economy. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 29 – Recycling at Christmas

This week 96fm spoke with Cork City Council and local recycling initiatives about Christmas tree disposal. Did you know…  In 2022, over 650,000 live trees were sold in Ireland, with 2023’s numbers expected to be higher.   Trees that are not recycled properly and mulched, end up in[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 29 – Recycling your Christmas Tree

This week 96fm spoke with Cork City Council and local recycling initiatives about Christmas tree disposal. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 28 – Food Waste at Christmas

Did you know…  A recent EPA survey found that 44 per cent of people reported that they waste more food at Christmas, with over 70 per cent admitting that they buy extra food ‘just in case’ they have unexpected visitors.    On a weekly basis, we waste approximately one[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 28 – Food Waste at Christmas

This week 96FM spoke with Odile Le Bolloch from the EPA about reducing Food Waste at Christmas.  For more in this series, listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 27 – Sustainable Toys

This week 96FM spoke with toy suppliers around Cork.   Did you know…  Each year, 60 million Barbie dolls are sold, contributing emissions equivalent to burning 381 million gallons of gasoline.   In France alone, more than 40 million toys end up as waste each year, and in the[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 27 – Sustainable Toys

This week 96FM spoke with toy suppliers around Cork about Sustainable toys for Christmas gifts.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 26 – A Sustainable Christmas

Did you know…  While Christmas is the highlight of many years, it is also one of the planet's most wasteful. A question that arises for many year-on-year is down to trees: real or artificial? Studies have shown that a real tree[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 26 – Cork Christmas Tree Farmers

This week 96FM spoke with three Cork-based Christmas Tree farmers For more in this series listen into 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 25 – Energy Solutions

Did you know…  The energy solutions company specialises in mechanical and electrical services. CEO Berth Sheehy set up the company with his wife Rosemarie in 2009. Energywise Ireland now employs 90 people in Cork and Kerry. This year, the company completed[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 25 – Sustainable Christmas

This week 96FM spoke with Berth Sheehy of Energywise Ireland about a sustainable christmas  For more in this series listen in to 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 24 – Gum Litter

This week 96FM spoke with Avril Donlon of the Gum Litter Taskforce.  For more in this series listen in to C103 every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 23 – Polar IceTech

Did you know…  Using dry ice blasting reduces harmful air emissions and generally creates no addition to the volume of the cleaning process waste. And since dry ice pellets are made from recycled carbon dioxide, they contribute no new CO2[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 23 – Polar IceTech

This week 96FM spoke with Damien McDonnell of Polar IceTech.  For more in this series listen in to 96 FM every 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 24 – Gum Litter

Did you know…  92% of people now recognise that dropped gum is litter. 71% of people correctly identify the core message of the campaign. 9% Chewing gum has continued to fall as a percentage of litter since GLT began[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 22 – Republic of Work

This week 96FM spoke with Eshna Gogia, Programme Manager at Republic of Work Did you know…  Republic of Work has linked up with the 2050 Sustainability Ecosystem, an initiative which aims to bring people together to focus on climate action,[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 22 – Republic of Work

Listen back to this week's episode as Mairead Twohig chats to Eshna Gogia about Cork's Republic of Work.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 21 – Hair Salon Sustainability

This week 96FM spoke with Lorraine Naughton owner of OB1 Salon.  Did you know…  The average full time hairstylist  generates 3 kgs of waste each year,  after 5 years that's an estimated 236 kgs of waste sent to landfill.  More

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 21 – Hair Salon Sustainability

Listen back to this week's episode as Katie O’ Keeffe chats to Lorraine Naughton Green Salon Collective about environmentally friendly hair salons. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am.[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 20 – An Eco Friendly Halloween

This week 96FM spoke with Sangeetha Shreekar of Planit.ie   Did you know…  Environmental group Hubbub conducted a study into Halloween waste and they found that 83% of Halloween costumes used non-recyclable oil-based plastics which meant they were destined to end[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 20 – An Eco Friendly Halloween

Listen back to this week's episode as Katie O’ Keeffe chats to Sangeetha Shreekar about how to have an eco friendly Halloween.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 19 – Ebee Bike Share scheme

Did you know…  According to a study conducted by the European Cyclists Federation, e-bikes are even better for the environment than electric cars, creating just 2.5 to 5 grams of carbon dioxide per mile. E-bikes require less maintenance and fuel[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 19 – Ebee Bike Share scheme

Listen back to this week's episode as we explore Cork's ebee bike share scheme. For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am  [...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 17 – Plastic Free Periods

Did you know… 

• Disposable menstrual items are the 5th most commonly littered product found on European beaches.
• Menstrual items are a substantial source of single-use plastic. Menstrual pads contain up to 90%plastic,[...]
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 17 – Plastic Free Periods

This week 96FM spoke with Lauren Duggan from Riley about the impact of disposable menstruation items on the environment and what to do to combat this.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 16 – Cloth Free Nappies

Did you know… 

• They will require an average of 8 nappies per day for the first 2.5 years of life. A total of 134,480 single-use plastic nappies go to landfill everyday within County Cork.
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 16 – Cloth Free Nappies

Listen back to this week's episode as 96FM spoke with Kate Doyle from the Cloth Nappy Library Ireland.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 18 – More Sustainable Supermarkets

Did you know… 

• 23 stores took part in the initiative this year, and the combined energy savings from these stores is 6.3 million KWH, enough to power 861 Irish homes.
• The Cork[...]
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TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Episode 18 – More Sustainable Supermarkets

This Week 96FM spoke to Jason O’ Callaghan and Daniel Murphy about the environmental changes they are making in Musgrave stores across Cork.  For more in this series listen in to Cork's 96FM every Friday at 10.45am[...]

TITLE: Cork’s 96FM – Weekly Tips 15 – Making Cork a Car Free City

Did you know…  A survey was carried out to inform Cork City Council's Climate Action Unit. The survey reveals that: 

•  64% of Cork people strongly agree that ‘Cork must transform into a more sustainable[...]
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