Highland Radio – Weekly Episode 29 – Recycling

This week Highland Radio spoke to Theresa Gallen, Manager of TT Childcare and Cllr. Niamh Kennedy about ways to recycle Christmas waste. For more in this series listen in to Highland Radio every Tuesday from 12.30pm  

LMFM – Weekly Tips 30 – Deposit Return Scheme

Benefits of the Deposit Return Scheme Convenient for Everyone With return points all across Ireland, returning your Re-turn drinks containers couldn’t be easier. Anywhere that sells drinks with the Re-turn logo, must accept your empty, undamaged containers and refund your deposit in cash or against other purchases. Communities Together Recycling is one of the most […]

LMFM – Weekly Episode 30 – Deposit Return Scheme and Solar Farm update

The government’s Deposit Return Scheme launches on February 1st. From that date all retailers will be required to charge a small deposit on plastic drinks bottles or aluminium cans that feature the Re-turn logo. Michael Breen from the group ‘Sick of Plastic’ in Trim joins us this week to discuss the new scheme and we […]

LMFM – Weekly Episode 29 – Recycling this Christmas

With the Christmas and New Year festivities drawing to a close, one of the areas we’ll be concentrating on this week is what to do with all that waste and packaging. Also this month, Brown Bins will be rolled out across the country to help deal with food waste – we hear from MyWaste.ie. Fianna […]

Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Tips 29 – Recycling Post Christmas

With Christmas behind us, we took a look at recycling tips for this time of year:   Any unwanted presents canalways be donated to charity shops or shelters or consider regifting to friends and family throughout the year.   Most Christmas cards, wrapping paper and gift tags can be put into your household recycling bin. Just be sure […]

Sunshine 106.8FM – Weekly Tips 22 – The Salvage Squad

On this week’s show we talked Colin Cowman from Virgin Media’s Salvage Squad TV Show – we’ve some tips for a sustainable renovations: Flooring Reclaimed wooden boards have obvious eco-credentials and the added benefit of being pre-seasoned, so they won’t warp once they have been installed. Scaffold boards are robust and relatively easy to source, […]

Midwest Radio – Weekly Tips 19 – Sustainable Schools

This week Midwest Radio took a trip to St Louis Community School in Kiltimagh to visit their new school library Did you know… The school library in St. Louis secondary school in Kiltimagh is made up of entirely second hand materials The world’s largest school library, in India, boasts over 300,000 books, promoting a love […]

Midwest Radio – Weekly Episode 19 – Sustainable Schools

Listen back to this week’s episode as we took a trip to St Louis community school in Kiltimagh, to talk to the student about their new school library, where everything from the books to the furniture have been repurposed and reused. For more in this series listen in to Midwest Radio every Friday at 9.50am