Posts in the "Waste" category
Beat the VAT increase on coffee. Plus a new series of Eco Eye starts tonight.
Posted on January 08, 2019 by Oisín Coghlan
Happy New Year.
I'm really optimistic we can make a breakthrough this year on climate action (see below for a preview of the possibilities).
But first, a quick life hack for coffee drinkers! It hasn't been such a good New Year for those of us who look forward to a take-away coffee at some stage during the day. The VAT increase in Budget 2019 has added 9 to 18 cent to the price of a coffee since January first.
Thankfully, there's an easy way to avoid paying the new higher price.
Permanent link | Categories: climatechange • energy • waste
Friends of the Earth Keep Cup - Reduced Rate This Week!
Posted on December 11, 2018 by Claudia Tormey
Our limited edition Friends of the Earth Keep Cups have been hugely popular since we launched them as part of the Sick of Plastic Campaign this time last year.
To celebrate one year of the campaign we've decided to offer them at a reduced rate for one week only in the lead up to Christmas.
Until now we have been exclusively gifting our Keep Cups to new monthly donors and those who give €100 or more.
But for the next week only, if you donate €50 or more to Friends of the Earth you will receive one of our Keep Cups in time for filling your Christmas stockings!
Why have our reusable cups been so popular?
Permanent link | Categories: waste • sick of plastic campaign • waste reduction bill • reusable cup • stocking fillers • christmas presents • donate to friends of the earth •
Join the team to tackle Plastic at the Picnic!
Posted on July 19, 2018 by Meaghan Carmody
For the last 3 years, Friends of the Earth has brought a team of volunteers to Ireland's biggest music, comedy and spoken word festival - Electric Picnic.
Will you be part of it this year?
Here's the deal:
In return for volunteering each of the three days for 6 hours each day (the earliest you would be working is 10am, and the latest 9pm), either petitioning on the Waste Reduction Bill, working the Cup Refund Points or engaging festival-goers on what waste goes in what bin, you get -
Permanent link | Categories: waste • ep 2018 • volunteers
Plastic Free July Series, Item 2 - Plastic War on Climate Change
Posted on July 17, 2018 by Chloe Healy
We will be posting one article a week in July around ways you can reduce the amount of plastic in your day-to-day life! Let us know how you're getting on on Twitter by using the hashtag #SickOfPlastic.
Written by Chloe Healy
If you are reading this article today and/or taking part in our Plastic Free July challenge, then it’s fair to say that you are already aware of the serious challenges plastic pollution poses to human health and the environment. But do we really understand why its a problem, what exactly makes plastic so harmful and how it is linked to climate change?
Permanent link | Categories: climatechange • waste • blog
Plastic Free July Series - Notes from California
Posted on July 09, 2018 by Friends of the Earth
Marion Briggs joined us earlier this year as a volunteer, due to her enthusiasm she quickly became the driving force in planning the Sick of Plastic day of action on April 21st. Marion has since joined our board, a joyful member of the team.
Along with a number of Sick of Plastic campaigners, Marion has taken on the Plastic Free July challenge to try and refuse single use plastics. Spending her Summer back in her hometown in California, Marion shares her ups and downs of trying to live without plastic.
Plastic Free July - Notes from California
Permanent link | Categories: waste • sick of plastic • plastic free july • break free from plastic • zero waste shopping • zero waste lifestyle • plastic free shopping •
Plastic Free July Series, Item 1 - Plastic Free Shopping
Posted on July 06, 2018 by Chloe Healy
We will be posting one article a week in July around ways you can reduce the amount of plastic in your day-to-day life! Let us know how you're getting on on Twitter by using the hashtag #SickOfPlastic.
Written by Chloe Healy
This month is Plastic Free July - a global campaign to create awareness around plastic pollution and to empower people to seek alternatives to single use plastics. The challenge is simple - choose to refuse single use plastics for the month of July and encourage your friends, family, wider community, local businesses and corporations to do the same!
Permanent link | Categories: waste • blog
We’ve got a solution to plastic pollution. Help us put it in your TDs' hands
Posted on May 30, 2018 by Guest Blogger
Thanks to our supporters, we’ve been making great progress this year to turn the tide on plastic pollution in Ireland.
Last week, over 2,000 of them emailed the Oireachtas Environment Committee to make sure they didn’t let Minister Denis Naughten water down the Waste Reduction Bill to indefinitely delay a national deposit and return scheme.
Their action resulted in the Committee voting seven to five against the Minister’s amendment and proved that, together, we really can make a difference.
But we’re far from done!
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Act now! Stop Naughten killing action on plastic bottles
Posted on May 18, 2018 by Meaghan Carmody
Laws are rarely simple. We know that from our work pushing through 2015’s Climate Law [1]. Words carry a weight that we rarely see in day-to-day life, with just a small tweak causing a flurrying cascade of consequences down the line.
That’s why our ears pricked up when we learnt that Minister Denis Naughten has been manoeuvring behind the scenes to dilute the wording of a draft law for a deposit and return scheme for plastic bottles and aluminium cans [2]. Naughten wants to change the word ‘shall’ to ‘may’ in the report the Environment Committee is finalizing on the proposal.
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Please call Minister Naughten as he bows to vested interests, scraps latte levy
Posted on April 26, 2018 by Meaghan Carmody
You’re not going to believe this.
Our Minister for Climate Action, Communications and Environment has just rowed back on his commitment [i] to implement a levy on single-use, non-recyclable coffee cups, of which we use half a million every single day.
Permanent link | Categories: waste
#ShopAndDrop is today, and you are making it our biggest ever action.
Posted on April 21, 2018 by Oisín Coghlan
The Sick of Plastic day of action on supermarket packaging is here. Thousands of people up and down the country are planning to shop in their local supermarket today and leave their unwanted packaging at the checkout. 400 people have registered to promote the action outside supermarkets, from Buncrana to Kinsale and from Westport to Waterford. Local organisers have been on radio stations from Cork to Dongeal and today's coverage alone includes the Irish Times and the Sun. We have never had a response like it, and it's all down to people like you.
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