Highland Radio – Weekly Tips 29 – Recycling

Did you know? You can recycle glass, cans & mince pie foils at zero cost – keeping your bins cleared for other waste! Plain wrapping paper can be recycled – sparkly paper cannot (Bryson Recycling) You can recycle your natural Christmas Tree for free with Donegal County Council! > https://www.donegalcoco.ie/services/environment/christmas/christmastreerecycling/  Why it’s important! Ireland was […]

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  

C103 – Weekly Tips 24 – Green Friday

Did you know?    New research this month revealed that 4 in 10 online shoppers intend to complete their Christmas gifts and non-food shopping over the coming weekend.   Consumers in Ireland will spend about €5-billion-euro this Christmas, so keeping a decent proportion of this huge spend within the local economy will create wealth here, […]

Radio Nova – Weekly Tips 26 – A Sustainable Christmas

  Over Christmas, we typically eat lots of food and spend lots of money. The remnants of millions of turkeys, tonnes of plastic packaging and miles of wrapping paper have to go somewhere.    Did you know….   Over the festive season we produce 25-30% more waste than we normally do. This is unnecessary, expensive […]

Ocean FM – Weekly Episode 25 – Circular Eating

This week on Ocean Fm, “Ours to Protect” focussed on the topic of circular eating and reusing fruit and veg that would often go to waste. For more in this series listen in to Ocean FM every Thursday at 10.45am

OCEAN FM – Weekly Tips 23 – Best Before Dates

  This week on Ocean FM we looked at Best Before and Use By dates and how understanding them better can help us reduce food waste. Did you know?   In Ireland we throw away 120 kg of food per household, or 44 kg per person, each year – that’s about half the weight of […]

C103 – Weekly Tips 19 – Picker Pals

Did you know?    Over 600 children are being given the opportunity to take part in this environmental educational programme that sees children take to the streets with their litter-pickers, to make the world better.   The Picker Pals programme enables children to get directly involved in environmental action through regular litter-picking.   The world […]