Clamp down on single-use cups says Mayor of Ennis
SCHOOLS and businesses have been encouraged by the Mayor of Ennis to get involved in the conscious cup campaign.
Karen Foley
Tips for a Greener Christmas
WASTE can be prevented in Clare over the festive period by adhering to a Green Christmas, one of the county’s environmental awareness officers has highlighted.
Free drop-off day for hazardous waste in Inagh this Saturday
Householders across Clare are being encouraged to avail of an upcoming opportunity to dispose of their hazardous domestic waste free of charge.
GREEN CLARE: Five permanent pollinator sites to be introduced in Shannon
Shannon Town is set to introduce five new pollinator sites as part of a pilot grassland management initiative, in the hope of enhancing bee and insect biodiversity.
Not around us – new anti-smoking campaign launched
Organisations across Clare have been encouraged to sign up for a new anti-smoking campaign, ‘Not Around Us’.
GREEN CLARE: Waste enforcement team dealt with 2675 complaints in 2020
Members of the public have been advised to return to bottle banks if they are full rather than leaving items on the ground.
GREEN CLARE: Climate action in primary schools
Clare native and environmental artist Evelyn Sorohan manipulates finite resources into contemporary works of art to open up conversations concerning climate change.
‘Clare County Council doesn’t use recycled paper’ – Green Party councillor claims
Recycled paper is not used in the printing room of Clare County Council, “not even in the environment section,” a horrified Cllr Roisin Garvey told a recent meeting of the local authority.
Enough batteries recycled in Clare to line length of Wild Atlantic Way
*Photograph: Valerie O’Sullivan In ten years, the amount of batteries collected in Clare is 15,300 times the height of the Cliffs of Moher. This week, The European Recycling Platform (ERP), celebrated the ten-year anniversary of the EU Batteries Directive 2006/66/EC in Ireland. ERP has collected over 1,809 tonnes of batteries across all of its territories …
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