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Every Kilkenny resident recycles over 9kg of electrical waste: new figures

By Kilkenny Now 20th June 2021 3

Kilkenny people recycled close to 1,000 tonnes of electrical waste last year despite the issues arising from lockdown. The figures were revealed by WEEE (Waste, Electrical and Electronic Equipment), a not-for-profit organisation founded by producers of electrical and electronic appliances to safely recycle waste devices. WEEE found a surge in lockdown cleaning saw some 938

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More power to you! Kilkenny consumers return tonnes of used batteries

By Kilkenny Now 1st May 2021 0

Householders in Kilkenny recycled 51,000 more batteries through retailers last year than in 2019, new figures reveal. Data from WEEE Ireland reveals that environmentally-conscious consumers in the county brought 135,400 used batteries – 3.4 tonnes – back to supermarkets, hardware and electronic stores in 2020. That was a rise of 50,800 on the 84,600 prevented

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Waste not: Kilkenny businesses join scheme to repair and recycle discarded goods

By Kilkenny Now 5th November 2020 0

41 businesses in Kilkenny have been included in an initiative that encourages people to reduce the amount of goods that they discard every year. RepairMyStuff.ie is an online directory of over 800 authorised repair professionals across Ireland who can repair everything from watches to washing machines, mowers to mobile phones. The directory aims to make […]

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What a waste: Kilkenny near bottom of table for recycling electrical goods

By Kilkenny Now 29th June 2020 0

People in Kilkenny are recycling 20% less than the national average when it comes to electrical goods, a new report has found. Despite Kilkenny residents recording their highest total of electrical waste recycling per head of population in 2019, a yearly rise of 2.9%, the Marble county languishes in the bottom five counties when it came […]