Environment News
Cork County Council Publishes Water Conservation for Businessess Guide
Water is one of our most basic requirements and is essential to life itself. This booklet is aimed at helping businesses monitor and reduce the amount of water they use. There is considerable wastage and loss of water on some supplies to individual premises. Small holes in a half-inch pipe can waste over 10,000 gallons of water per day! There is a growing consensus that the issue of water conservation is not the exclusived preserve of Local Authorities, this is an initiative where we can all play a part.
Download the booklet here
Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009
In December 2009, the Minister for the Environment signed the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations 2009 (S.I. No. 508 of 2009)
From 01 July 2010, commercial food waste, from a producer as defined in the regulations, can no longer go to landfill.
The Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations, 2009, are designed to promote segregation and recovery of food waste arising in the commercial sector and reduce disposal to landfill. They will facilitate the targets set out in the EU Landfill Directive (1999/31/EC) to reduce the amount of Biodegradable Municipal Waste (BMW) going to landfill.
For more information on the Waste Management (Food Waste) Regulations, 2009, view the information leaflet here.
Food Waste Regulations Information Leaflet
A website has been developed dedicated to the Food Waste Regulations. Sector specific factsheets on the regulations, frequently asked questions and food waste prevention information can be found on this website: www.foodwaste.ie
CTC Publishes Food Waste Prevention Guide
The Less Food Waste - More Profit Guide provides step by step approach on how to eliminate, reduce, reuse, recycle, recover and dispose of food waste.
This guide has been researched and compiled by Clean Technology Centre, Cork Insitute of Technology in conjunction with the Green Hospitality Awards Programme (GHA) and supported by the Environmental Protection Agency's National Waste Prevention Programme (NWPP).
You can download the Less Food Waste - More Profit Guide here
STOP FOOD WASTE
Food waste costs on average each Irish household €700 a year. Some food waste gets composted but an awful lot of it ends up in our landfill bin and is buried in the ground: when it’s landfilled it releases methane gas which contributes to climate change. Food waste CAN be avoided. The first step is to learn more about what we are throwing out, then we can do something about it. Click on this link to find our more about the national campaign to STOP FOOD WASTE
