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East 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 2024.

With 84 per cent of Irish households containing an average of 15 to 20 broken or unused electrical items in their home, there has never been a better time to declutter while positively impacting the environment.

Galway householders are being urged to bring their batteries, electrical, and electronic waste to a free collection event to help the county meet national e-waste recycling targets for 2023.

Headphones and remote controls are among the most hoarded waste electrical and electronic items in Europe, according to new data released this month.

Householders across Galway are being urged to bring their electrical and electronic waste to a series of free e-waste half day collection events in the county to help meet recycling targets, which have increased since the first lockdown in 2020.

Galway householders are being urged to bring their electrical and electronic waste to a free collection day to help the county meet recycling targets which have increased since the first lockdown in 2020.

More than 60 per cent of people living in rural Galway believe waste collection services should be taken back into public ownership, and carried out by the local authority.

The Galway City Council will this week collect the "hundreds of bags filled with green cuttings" which have been "left out on green areas in a number of city estates" in recent weeks.

Minister for Communications, Climate Action & Environment, Dennis Naughten, has released a statement on the Government’s plans to incentivise people to reduce their waste and to recycle more through the gradual phasing out of flat-rate fees for bin collections.