Ensure your business makes accurate recycling decisions with MyWaste

Guidance designed to take the uncertainty out of waste segregation for businesses is now available from MyWaste, Ireland’s official guide to waste. This government-funded initiative provides a free and extensive suite of signage and training materials to help workforces make accurate recycling decisions.

This will assist Irish businesses achieve greater Circular Economy performance through increased recycling and composting rates. A waste characterisation study by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found that almost 70% of materials being placed in the general commercial waste bins is waste that should be placed in the recycling or food waste bins. Targeted materials (those suitable for recycling) accounted for only 60% of the materials in the mixed dry recycling bins, with food waste among the contaminants.

The study also found that by improving waste segregation practices, businesses could divert significant amounts of waste from the general waste stream annually

Speaking on behalf of the Regional Waste Management Planning Offices, Kevin Swift, Connacht Ulster Region Waste Office, said: “This initiative will empower small and medium size businesses, particularly those in the retail, hospitality, manufacturing and corporate sectors, to further improve how their waste is managed. With clear language and visuals, the materials will make it easy for staff to quickly understand what waste goes in what bin. This should help significantly increase the amount of recyclables and food waste diverted from the general bin and correctly placed in the recycling and food waste bins.”

The toolkit is free to download or order from www.mywaste.ie/business/

€5,000 worth of sports equipment plus a special visit from athletes Healy and Gillick before the school finishes up for the summer break.

Expressing delight that his school was chosen as ‘Ireland’s Fittest’, Mark Carey, principal at Gilson National School described the initiative as: “a very positive, rewarding and inclusive experience for the pupils and staff alike” and thanked everyone for their participation and support.

Further details can be viewed online at www.fyffesfitsquad.ie