July 24, 2007 11:54 am - [0 Comments]
Ireland is clamping down on waste exports from the country with a new set of regulations designed to encourage more responsible waste treatments. The new regulations, entitled Transfrontier Shipments, came into effect on July 12th, and hopes to deal with the 83 percent of waste that is exported out of the country for disposal every year.
New electrical goods waste laws enforced
July 20, 2007 10:42 am - [0 Comments]
The new WEEE regulations are being enforced through a series of telephone campaigns, targeting those businesses that have not yet signed up to take responsibility for their electrical waste.
Under the regulations companies are required to ensure their electrical waste goods are disposed of in an environmentally friendly and efficient way, and will be required to foot the bill.
July 3, 2007 1:17 pm - [0 Comments]
The latest Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive has gone live, solidifying the changes meaning that electronics manufacturers are now obliged to foot costs for disposal and recycling of their products, right through to the end of their use.
Regulations crack down on waste exports
June 26, 2007 9:41 am - [0 Comments]
Waste export has always been a tightly regulated process, in order to try and prevent wealthy countries using others as virtual waste-bins, and to ensure waste gets dealt with as effectively as it normally would in its country of origin.
Big-league companies join fight to reduce packaging waste
June 22, 2007 10:21 am - [0 Comments]
Some of the biggest manufacturers have signed up for the Government-backed project to take responsiblity for the packaging waste their products produce. Companies such as Coca-Cola and Nestle have put their names down for the Courtauld Commitment packaging reduction agreement.
The agreement aims to half packaging waste growth within a year, and reduce the waste by 2010.