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Supporting businesses to manage trade effluent sustainably
Better management of trade effluent can help businesses reduce costs, protect water quality and improve environmental performance. Uisce Éireann offers businesses a range of fully funded Trade Effluent Water Stewardship supports. Trade effluent is wastewater produced by businesses, services, research activities or industrial processes that is discharged into the sewer. Unlike normal wastewater from homes...
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Why sustainability is good for your business — not just the environment
Sustainably minded businesses can benefit the planet — and themselves — by improving circularity in the workplace and making waste management easy and effective. A sharpened focus on sustainability isn’t just a corporate ‘nice to have,’ explains Sinead Ní Mhainnín, Connacht-Ulster Regional Waste Management and Planning Offices. It’s a ‘must do.’ Growing need for sustainability...
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Incentivising Irish businesses to stay on top of waste segregation
Approximately 69% (EPA Municipal Waste Characterisation Studies, 2023) of items in commercial general waste bins should be in the recycling or organic/food bin. This is a ‘waste of our valuable resources’ that costs businesses millions of euros per annum. By separating your waste properly, businesses can save money. Ireland’s waste industry is now estimated to...
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Top 7 insights from COP28 and what it means for business
Find key insights from COP28; learn why we must accelerate fossil fuel phase-out, navigate increased regulations, embrace green innovation and sustainable practices. The annual UN Climate Conference marks progress and renews global decarbonisation ambition. Dubai’s COP28 in December 2023 leaves a lasting legacy on key issues that will enable decarbonisation. For businesses in Ireland, the...
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Innovating for a better future: Cork business breaking new ground in sustainable packaging
Learn about recycled PLA, a sustainable packaging option for businesses. Minimise fossil fuel consumption and carbon emissions with a cost-effective, eco-friendly solution. Whether it’s in the corner coffee shop or your local Centra, Down2Earth Materials’ products have likely been in your hands. The Cork family business was founded in 2009 and has since become Ireland’s...
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Partnerships for progress: harnessing collaboration for sustainable solutions
Sustainability integrates economic, social and environmental aspects for balance. Explore innovative projects driving industry synergies and a greener future together. The concept of sustainability is a systems-level approach, relying on the integration of economic, social and environmental aspects for a long-term system balance. Individuals and companies cannot achieve sustainability in isolation. It is, fundamentally, a...
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Sowing the seeds of change: bringing a circular economy to the food industry
Discover circular solutions tackling food waste, biodiversity loss and the climate crisis in the food industry. Manufacturers and retailers have the power to change the way our food system works — for the good of nature, people and the economy. From the blatant, like leftovers on a buffet table, to the lesser-known, such as misshapen...