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Ireland contributed €3.6bn to EU Budget last year

RTE 29 Sep 2023
Last year Ireland contributed €3.6 billion to the EU Budget and by 2027, the Department of Finance forecasts our contribution will have increased to almost €4.5bn ... Finally, since 2021, member states have made contributions based on €0.80 per kg of non-recycled packaging waste collected.
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Record 2 million used batteries saved from landfill in schools recycling competition

Irish Independent 28 Sep 2023
WEEE Ireland’s Schools Battery Recycling Competition saw a record amount of waste batteries collected from last October to March this year - and their precious materials recovered for re-use. And as it enters its 12th year, the country’s largest e-waste and battery recycling ...
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Bottle and can deposit scheme to go live in February - Smyth

RTE 27 Sep 2023
Speaking at the Environmental Protection Agency's annual circular economy conference in Dublin, the Minister of State for Communications and the Circular Economy said the scheme would be a huge milestone for the circular economy in Ireland ... This is why Ireland does not have a well-developed material reprocessing and recycling sector, he explained.
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Why this is probably the best bottle deposit scheme in the world

RTE 27 Sep 2023
lessons from more than 100 years of return culture in Denmark shows us why giving waste a value could work for Ireland ... Soon, queues outside deposit stations or reverse vending machines (RVM) could become commonplace in Ireland, too ... A similar system is due to be introduced across Northern Ireland, England, Wales and Scotland in 2025.
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News24 | Focus on kicking, but Boks failed by chances wasted on Ireland's famous day ...

News24 25 Sep 2023
The focus on the Springboks' goal-kicking was rightful in their 13-8 loss against Ireland in Paris on Saturday, but also wasted scoring chances in a game of narrow margins ... .
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Ireland beats South Africa 13-8 in titanic Rugby World Cup clash

Wtop 24 Sep 2023
PARIS (AP) — Top-ranked Ireland just edged the Rugby World Cup’s second clash of the titans, withstanding No. 2-ranked South Africa’s physicality and profiting from its wasteful kicking to win 13-8 in a ferocious encounter on Saturday ... When Faf de Klerk’s pass inside to Jesse Kriel was wasted, Ireland got a reprieve.
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Rugby World Cup: Ireland pip Springboks in possible All Blacks decider

RNZ 24 Sep 2023
Ireland wasted chances with three disastrous lineouts but came close when Hugo Keenan ghosted past a tackler only to be brought down a couple of metres from the line ... Ireland looked to keep the ball in play, testing their opponents' rush defence, but made too many handling errors at first.
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Ireland come out on top of bruising clash with South Africa

Reuters 24 Sep 2023
Ireland wasted chances with three disastrous lineouts but came close when Hugo Keenan ghosted past a tackler only to be brought down a couple of metres from the line.'BOMB SQUAD' DEFUSED. Ireland looked to keep the ball in play, testing their opponents' rush defence, but made too many handling errors at first.
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Ireland pip Springboks in possible All Blacks decider

RNZ 23 Sep 2023
Ireland wasted chances with three disastrous lineouts but came close when Hugo Keenan ghosted past a tackler only to be brought down a couple of metres from the line ... Ireland looked to keep the ball in play, testing their opponents' rush defence, but made too many handling errors at first.
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Irish householders, businesses put most of their general waste into wrong bin, report finds

The Irish Times 22 Sep 2023
The EPA carries out a national municipal waste characterisation project every four years to provide data on the nature and composition of Ireland’s roadside municipal waste.
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Europe is becoming a globalist nightmare. It’s a harbinger of things to come for America

Life Site 13 Sep 2023
“Let’s roll” means the die is cast, and our last actions should count for something ... This is by design ... Ireland just passed a draconian bill against agriculture in its own nation to reduce farming emissions by 51 percent by 2051. This means Ireland will grow less food, cull cattle as a wasteful use of emission allowances, and more ... .
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A simple thing all households can do to help reduce emissions

The Irish Times 12 Sep 2023
Economic, social and environmental cost of food wasted is equivalent to the gross domestic product of France ... At EU level, 58.5 million tonnes of food waste — or 131kg per person — is generated annually ... And it is individuals and their households who are the main culprits; in Ireland 29 per cent of food waste is generated at household level.
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Trim locals cut out plastic in bid to keep Boyne fresh

RTE 10 Sep 2023
Less than a third of Ireland's plastic packaging waste is being recycled, according to recent figures from the Environmental Protection Agency. It also found that the overall recycling rate for packaging waste fell by 4% in 2021. On the banks of the River Boyne, in Co Meath, plastic packaging waste is a problem that just will not go away.

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