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Waste Now
The Lowdown On Waste
Waste What Can We Do
What Can We Do?
Waste - Comm Clean
Food Waste
Food waste that goes into landfill doesn't decompose as usual.
A head of lettuce can take up to 25 years to decompose in landfill.
Don't put your food waste in your general waste bin, please!
Resources We Recommend
WASTE PACKAGING STATISTICS FOR IRELAND
EPA Waste Data Release, 30 July 2020
6 Ways You Can Save the Ocean from Home - Ocean Conservancy
Your A to Z of all things waste - MyWaste
Rotten || This docuseries travels deep into the heart of the food supply chain to reveal unsavory truths and expose hidden forces that shape what we eat. - Netflix
In The News
Jamaica: Plastics ban creates new opportunities
Photograph: UNEP
UN Environment Program, Monday January 25th 2021
"Every September, on International Coastal Cleanup Day in Jamaica, plastic is the most collected material. In 2019, the top 10 items collected were all single-use plastic and polystyrene (foam) waste, anything from plastic bottles to food wrappers.
More than 8 million tons of plastic end up in our oceans globally, each year, adversely impacting ecosystems, biodiversity and potentially human health."
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