WEEE Ireland News and Updates

Spring Cleaning Tips

March 21st 2016

10 Quick Ways to Tidy up the Playroom #1. Rotate Toys Most children these days have an excess of toys and if the playroom is too packed, there will be no room to play, so inevitably the mess moves...

Ireland’s Call to Get Charged Up for LauraLynn@Home

March 9th 2016

Ireland has one big challenge this year and WEEE Ireland need your help to achieve this! Ireland is 35 MILLION batteries away from smashing the 2016 recycling target set by the EU, which will prove...

Ireland is once again leading the way

February 22nd 2016

Ireland is once again leading the way in electrical recycling standards in Europe. Industry calls on European Commission to make standards on WEEE recycling legally binding Ireland one of only 3...

Christmas Day could see over 20 million waste batteries generated by Irish Households

December 11th 2015

ALDI and WEEE IRELAND team up to reveal a very special Christmas wish for LauraLynn Ireland's Children's Hospice. 200 million portable batteries are powering homes and appliances around...

DLR Chamber announces winners of 2015 EnviroCom Awards

November 6th 2015

Dun Laoghaire Rathdown Chamber, at the 9th Annual EnviroCom Awards, held at the Royal Marine Hotel, Dun Laoghaire, announced the 10 winners of this year’s Awards. The Awards were presented by...

Ireland’s Students collect over 750,000 AA Batteries for Recycling in 2014

October 7th 2015

Over 15 tonnes of waste batteries collected by school children in Ireland in 2014 WEEE Ireland asks schools across Ireland to take a recycling pledge and help LauraLynn, Ireland's Children's...

Alupro Ireland, IKEA and WEEE Ireland Launch Tea light Campaign

September 24th 2015

Today, 22nd September, Alupro Ireland, IKEA and WEEE Ireland officially launched their tea light campaign in Dublin. The campaign aims to encourage school kids and consumers to recycle the tea light...

WEEE Ireland turns 10 years and counting

September 15th 2015

As Ireland celebrates 10 years of Recycling over 50% of E-Waste still goes missing every year WEEEling in the Years: From E-Waste dumping in the 1990's to hitting EU Targets in the 2010's ...

9th September – European Battery Recycling Day!

September 9th 2015

First ever European Battery Recycling day to take place on September 9th Million of Waste Batteries go missing in Irish homes each year... Are you a Battery Recycler, Hoarder or Dumper? On the...

European Report Lifts the Lid on the Mismanagement of Discarded Electronics

September 1st 2015

Ireland Needs to up E-Cycling Game or Risk Failing 2019 EU Target UNU, WEEE Forum (represented by WEEE Ireland in Ireland), INTERPOL and partners conclude 2-year inquiry; Report recommends ways...