How to really cut your carbon footprint? Buy three garments a year. Don’t fly for 36 months
If you want to make a real difference, adopt a plant-based diet and don’t buy a new car
We need to move from knowing about climate change to believing in it
Climate change will test limits of our co-operation, perhaps beyond breaking point
Reuse, repair, recycle: ‘Circular economy’ legislation set to have huge impact
Everything will have to change utterly if Ireland is to deal with its waste crisis
Surge in walkers during lockdown gives cobblers an unexpected boon
‘The stilettos have gone. No one’s going out partying but I’m repairing a lot of walking shoes and hill walking boots.’
How to save money while helping to save the planet
Budget-friendly green moves include using a e-bike and reducing food waste
Consuming only what we need means paying less to dispose of waste
Eating and drinking at home creates more domestic waste, but there are ways to limit volumes, save money and help the planet
Canned food, anyone? Why it’s tastier and healthier than you think
‘The canning process preserves nutrients, though vitamins C and B types may be reduced’
Plastic: The many good uses of a vilified modern material
A new exhibition draws public attention to our complex relationship with plastic
Pricewatch: The sustainable consumer
How can we change our purchasing patterns to minimise environmental damage?
Irish grassroots activists leading the climate change uprising
Lack of policial action on climate change has spawned a movement of strong, committed environmental activists
Some single-use plastics to be banned under new EU directive
Campaigners welcome measures by bloc but say they fall short of tackling pollution crisis
European Parliament votes to ban single-use plastics
Under proposed directive, items such as straws, swabs, plates and cutlery would be banned by 2021
Environmentalists call for alternatives to single-use plastics
EU crackdown on plastic pollution needs to focus more on prevention of use, say Coastwatch Ireland
Supermarkets commit to installing plastic bins at checkouts
Move by some outlets follows ‘shop and drop’ over weekend, says campaign co-ordinator
Recyclers conquer Ireland’s electronic waste mountain
Republic’s collection rate for e-waste makes it a success story, say recyclers
Calls for introduction of bottle deposit scheme increase
So far idea of deposit return scheme has met with resistance among Irish retailers and recycling industry
Upheaval in Irish waste industry places new demands on consumers
But there is a new willingness among to act more sustainably
Consumer guide to what’s recyclable and what isn’t in household recycling bins
Up to one third of all household recycling bins are contaminated by unrecyclable material
Waste reduction Bill meets resistance at environmental hearing
Minister concerned ban on single-use plastic may run counter to EU directive
Green Party leader says treatment of Burton ‘unacceptable’
Eamon Ryan speaks at seminar on holding referendum on public ownership of water utilities
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