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Soft plastics can now be placed in Irish recycling bins
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Mandatory brown bin collections could be introduced under new waste strategy
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name and shame
Minister to set out the 'good from the bad' in how supermarkets tackle plastic waste
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opening up
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20 Oct 2019
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'Ambitious' single-use plastic straws and cutlery ban approved by European Council
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microbeads
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OCEAN CLEAN UP
The Ocean Cleanup project sails out to sweep Pacific plastic
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green and clean
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waste reduction
Minister calls on supermarkets to reduce the use of non-recyclable plastic packaging for fruit and veg
1 Jul 2018
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huge concern
Gannets on Little Skellig are using plastic to build their nests
8 Jun 2018
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plastics
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19 Feb 2018
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crisis levels
China took 95% of Ireland's plastic waste - but now it's changed its mind and we're in trouble
9 Jan 2018
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CanO Water
How and why three guys in their 20s launched a canned water brand
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aquaculture
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Blaze
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