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Elizabeth O’Reilly talks to Sustainable Radio
June 17th 2021
Elizabeth O'Reilly, Head of Environmental Compliance and Membership talks to Sustainable Radio about WEEE Recycling. Elizabeth outlines the obligations of producers and the role WEEE Ireland plays...
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WEEE Ireland on RTE Morning Ireland
June 17th 2021
WEEE Ireland CEO Leo Donovan spoke to RTE's Morning Ireland earlier today when he praised Irish businesses and consumers for recycling a record level of ewaste in 2020, despite the...
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WEEE Ireland Annual Report results 2020
June 16th 2021
A surge in lockdown spring cleaning saw a record amount of electrical waste collected by the country’s largest recycling scheme in 2020, despite Covid and travel restrictions. However, WEEE...
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A light bulb moment
May 28th 2021
A light bulb moment New EU energy labels – what is changing? New energy labels are coming into effect to bring EU consumers a better understanding of their carbon footprint and energy...
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WEEE Ireland to present at Solas Webinar
May 12th 2021
WEEE Ireland is delighted to announce it's involvement in the Solus webinar on mandatory new EU Commission Energy Labelling regulations. The Webinar will be presented by broadcaster Jonathan Healy...
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WEEE Ireland donate a further €40,000 to LauraLynn
April 26th 2021
WEEE Ireland is donating a generous €40,000 to LauraLynn in 2021 as it marks 10 years of its charity partnership with Ireland’s only children’s hospice. The donation, part of WEEE...
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Six million batteries recycled through five supermarket chains in 2020
April 22nd 2021
Almost six million batteries were recycled through five supermarket chains last year as more people used their grocery shop to do their bit for the planet. WEEE Ireland collected half of the huge...
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Older generation leave young peers on scrap-heap over recycling
March 28th 2021
Young men and women are the worst at recycling small electrical items and hoard the most old batteries, a new survey shows. The WEEE Ireland study reveals that despite being viewed as an...
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WEEE Ireland urge people to gather up WEEE items for recycling
March 19th 2021
WEEE Ireland CEO Leo Donovan was on Southeast Radio to discuss the importance of recycling our ewaste during the current restrictions. Listen back to the full interview...
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Electrical waste recycled at local authority centres down by 7% in January compared to last year
February 26th 2021
The amount of electrical waste recycled at local authority centres rose by 10% last year – the equivalent of half a million small appliances, new data from WEEE Ireland shows. But the 5km travel...
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