A Mallusk man has been fined a total of £2,250 plus court costs of £37 at Laganside Magistrates’ Court in Belfast for waste offences.

Wexford County Council has announced that, following a competitive process, AES, Bord na Móna’s Resource Recovery company, has purchased the Council’s waste collection business.

Following a Government meeting, Environment Minister Phil Hogan has announced plans for the disposal of the State’s electronic voting equipment.

European Environment Commissioner Janez Potocnik has welcomed the overwhelming support given by the European Parliament to an updated Directive on waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE).

Full implementation of EU waste legislation would save €72 billion a year, increase the annual turnover of the EU waste management and recycling sector by €42 billion and create over 400,000 jobs by 2020 according to a European Commission study just published.

This is the final Report for the STRIVE-funded project: 2008-WRM-MS-6-S Summary: STRIVE Report 84 - Abigail O’Callaghan-Platt and Tadhg Coakley.

Farmers have warned that toxic waste remains at the massive Aughinish Alumina plant in west Limerick could end up as tomorrow’s Haulbowline toxic dump unless action is taken now.

Residents in Dublin city will have to pay upfront from Monday 16 January to ensure their bins are collected as a private company takes over the service.

A Dublin city business body has called on a Government department to reconsider its funding for an annual anti-litter survey, claiming the findings are “deeply misleading”.

This brochure explains how the European Union is working to minimise the negative impacts of waste, while maximising the benefits of good waste management and the role individuals, households, businesses and local and national governments have to play.