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New Glanbia plant to tackle global plastic waste crisis

On Thursday, EU Commissioner Phil Hogan will announce details of a revolutionary, bio-economy research project worth €30 million with positive global consequences. Led by Glanbia Ireland, it will be based just over the Tipperary border from ...

25 Apr 2018 at 09:58

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Kilkenny councillors urge new plastic bottle deposit scheme

Local councillors have called on the Government to introduce a plastic bottle deposit scheme to try to reduce the amount of indiscriminate dumping, and littering of amenity areas, roads, seas and waterways. It follows the launch of the ...

25 Apr 2018 at 16:04

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Calls for Kilkenny communities to join national conversation on plastics

Ahead of Global Recycling Day this Thursday (March 18) one of Ireland’s foremost experts on plastic recycling, Professor Mick Morris, is calling for local community groups, families and individuals in Kilkenny take part in a national ...

17 Mar 2021 at 10:54

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'Horrendous' plastic waste being washed up on Kilkenny river bank

A huge amount of plastic waste is washing up on the shore at the Pink Rock in south Kilkenny, according to a local councillor. Cllr Fidelis Doherty told the recent meeting of Piltown Municipal District that the plastic waste is ...

13 Apr 2021 at 11:14

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Gardaí investigating theft of giant ice-cream cone whipped from outside shop in dawn raid

Gardaí in Donegal are investigating the theft of an ice-cream display (plastic cone) from a premises at the Glencar Shopping Centre on Sunday, May 21. The theft was carried out by two males and one female at 6.32am. The two ...

31 May 2023 at 10:49

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Mars bars given new look

Mars bars have been given a new look as the chocolate bar ditches its traditional plastic wrapper for more environmentally-friendly paper packaging. Mars Incorporated confirmed it has made the switch to recyclable paper ...

28 May 2023 at 14:22

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Avonmore Fresh Cream goes green - Kilkenny Live

Avonmore, Ireland’s leading dairy brand, has switched to Tetra Top® cartons for its Fresh Cream range, a move which will save up to 40 tonnes of plastic every year, or the equivalent weight of two fully loaded tour ...

05 Aug 2022 at 10:00

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Kilkenny householders can now place soft plastic in their recycling bins

All plastic packaging waste - including soft plastic - can now be placed in Irish household recycling bins as long as it is clean, dry and loose. Making the announcement, Minister of State with special ...

06 Sept 2021 at 18:01

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Householders in Kilkenny generate 6,000 tonnes of single-use plastic packaging waste annually

A study into the volumes of single-use plastic packaging waste generated across County Kilkenny each year has identified hotspots, in terms of volumes, that if given priority would see significant ...

16 Jul 2020 at 15:40

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Kilkenny scientist Dr Tara Shine leaving for Antarctica

A Kilkenny woman who was responsible for locating the lost crocodiles of the Sahara Desert is leaving for Antarctica, tomorrow morning (Thursday). Dr Tara Shine, co-founder of Plastic Free ...

26 Dec 2018 at 11:44

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Petition calls on Electric Picnic to address tent pollution

A petition calling on the organisers of Electric Picnic to address the level of plastic pollution at the annual festival has reached almost 500 signatures. It comes after drone footage ...

13 Sept 2023 at 15:17

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