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Lack of bins in Dublin's parks is down to 'turf war' between Council and other agencies
16 Feb
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DCC votes to keep Local Property Tax at mimimum despite claims of 'dirty, smelly' streets
3 Oct 2023
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Two thirds of general waste could've been recycled or composted, EPA finds
22 Sep 2023
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Boris Johnson accuses Rishi Sunak of ‘talking rubbish’ in row over UK honours list
12 Jun 2023
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Nonsense
Roy Keane dismisses West Brom speculation as 'absolute rubbish'
10 Oct 2022
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clean oceans
New pilot scheme will collect old fishing gear to reduce waste in Irish seas
8 Jun 2022
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recycling
Urgent action needed over 'worryingly low' plastic packaging recycling rates, says EPA
3 Dec 2021
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Rubbish
Soft plastic: How much of it will actually be recycled and what difference will it make?
7 Sep 2021
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Rubbish
There's been an increase in coffee-cup and PPE litter since the pandemic began
25 Jan 2021
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Rubbish
EPA warns 'single-use and throwaway culture' leading to significant waste levels and decline in recycling
16 Sep 2020
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Dublin City Council
'Really disappointing', 'it's not right': Dumping in Dublin has increased during the Covid-19 shutdown
9 Apr 2020
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Rubbish
Debunked: 'No substance whatsoever' to WhatsApp voicenote claiming Ireland is going into 'Status Red' lockdown
13 Mar 2020
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Criticism
Zouma: Mourinho told me I was rubbish at Chelsea
14 Feb 2020
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plastic waste
Deer found dead with 7kg of plastic bags, underwear and towels in stomach in Thailand
27 Nov 2019
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ireland 2029
'Can we get away from plastics? No. Can we use plastics better? Yes.'
31 Jul 2019
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Porcupine Bank Canyon
Irish researchers find plastic in 2km-deep underwater canyon, 320 km from land
29 Jul 2019
45
knockharley
Concern over proposal for 'massive' increase in waste intake at Meath landfill
11 Feb 2019
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Prime Numbers
How much waste was dumped in the Wicklow and Dublin mountains after Christmas? It's the week in numbers
26 Jan 2019
25
flytipping
13 tonnes of waste dumped over Wicklow and Dublin mountains after Christmas
24 Jan 2019
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sustainability
Steel cups and banning plastic cutlery: How music festivals are trying to combat waste
18 Aug 2018
28
Illegal dumping
Just 93 prosecutions after 6,000 rubbish bags dumped in Dublin city's 'worst litter blackspot'
17 Jul 2018
56
Litter
'A minority spoiling it for everyone': Increase in rubbish left in Dublin and Wicklow mountains during hot spell
14 Jul 2018
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cleaning up
6,000 bags of rubbish were illegally dumped in Dublin's inner city last year
20 Jun 2018
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pilot project
Illegal dumping being tackled through Eircodes investigation
9 Jun 2018
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Grand Canal
Dublin City Council received 19 complaints on Friday about litter
26 Apr 2018
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Ringaskiddy
Decision on €160 million Cork incinerator deferred for a tenth time
27 Feb 2018
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Rubbish
'Why are you throwing away so many chips?': How east Cork is tackling its food waste
4 Feb 2018
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Gotcha
Prosecutions for illegal dumping expected after covert CCTV operations in Wicklow and Dublin
28 Jan 2018
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smelly
'I've had enough': Hundreds of complaints about foul odours across the country
30 Dec 2017
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Rubbish
Irish rugby player Ian Madigan delivered a serious burn when someone gave out about women referees
24 Dec 2017
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Rubbish
'You have to fight for them to do anything': North Dublin residents slam council over illegal dumping
21 Dec 2017
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friends of the earth
People encouraged to bring camping gear home from Electric Picnic
3 Sep 2017
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baldoyle
Armed gardaí join forces with Fingal County Council to target illegal dumpers
18 Aug 2017
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litterbugs
This Cork village claims it could raise €19,000 per day if it fines everyone who litters
7 Jul 2017
27
utter rubbish
'Dignity in the House': TD presents a bag of his plastic household waste in the Dáil
5 Jul 2017
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Going Green
Almost 600,000 tonnes of packaging were recycled in Ireland last year
29 Jun 2017
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anti-austerity protests
Rubbish is piling up on Athens' streets as temperatures soar
22 Jun 2017
28
Litter
Irish beaches left covered in rubbish after thousands soaked up the sun
19 Jun 2017
96
body and soul
Leave your tent behind at festivals? Here's why you shouldn't
4 Jun 2017
41
Rubbish
Farmers use maggots to tackle China's mountain of food waste
3 Jun 2017
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