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Galway householders are being asked to bring their batteries, electrical, and electronic waste to a set of free collection days to help the county meet national e-waste recycling targets for 2025.

Students at Bearna Primary School and Colaiste Mhuire in Ballygar have been crowned Battery Recycling Champions after collecting the equivalent of 50,050 and 11,700 used AA batteries, respectively, for recycling during the last school year.

As Ireland celebrates its fourth National Food Waste Recycling Week, new research highlights both the remarkable progress made in brown bin usage and the ongoing challenge of contamination. With over 200,000 new brown bins rolled out nationwide since the start of 2024, bringing the total number of brown bin owners across Ireland to approximately 1.2 million, householders in Ireland are embracing food waste recycling like never before. However, a recent study of over 1,000 adults reveals that despite widespread brown bin usage, contamination remains a concern, potentially compromising the quality of compost and hindering our efforts towards a circular economy.

Galway householders are being urged to bring their batteries, electrical, and electronic waste to a free collection day to help the county meet national e-waste recycling targets for 2025.

Galway householders are being urged to bring their batteries, electrical and electronic waste to a set of free collection days to help the county meet national e-waste recycling targets for 2025.

Galway households are being urged to take part in a free e-waste and battery recycling event. The event, hosted by WEEE Ireland, takes place on October 31 from 10am to 4pm at the Orbsen Building Car Park at University of Galway.

Supervalu and Centra stores in Galway have announced over six million returns in Galway since the introduction of the Deposit Return Scheme in February. Nationwide there have been 125 million returns to Supervalu and Centra stores since its introduction.

Small and independent shops who are participating in the Deposit Return Scheme should be incentivised to do so by Government, local Minister of State, Deputy Peter Burke, has said.

Max Kyck, General Manager of KMK Metals Recycling recently presented a cheque for €600 to the Midlands Simon Community following another successful Christmas lights recycling appeal in County Westmeath.

Householders in Westmeath are being urged to make ‘recycling of household electrical waste’ a new year resolution for 2024.