# plastic
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Last week
21st April 2024 - 27th April 2024
Last year
2023
driving for change
Physical driving licence could become 'history' as EU proposes digital option
1 Mar 2023
33.9k
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plastic waste
England to ban single-use plastic cutlery and plates two years after EU
9 Jan 2023
10.0k
11
All time
Recyling
Deposit-return scheme on bottles and cans to start rolling out in shops
28 Nov 2022
31.4k
39
Environment
Global plastic waste will triple by 2060 according to OECD projections
3 Jun 2022
6.4k
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Environment
Targets for recycling plastic packaging will be 'extremely challenging' - so how do we do it?
22 Jan 2022
13.2k
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Sri Lanka
Elephants dying from eating plastic waste in Sri Lankan dump, conservationists warn
14 Jan 2022
16.2k
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Voices
Opinion: If we don't act now on plastic pollution, we will run out of choices
Lyndsey O’Connell
Updated
22 Oct 2021
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34
Rubbish
Soft plastic: How much of it will actually be recycled and what difference will it make?
7 Sep 2021
23.9k
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Voices
Opinion: Why the planet needs us to cut our consumption this Christmas
Lyndsey O’Connell
12 Dec 2020
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The Daily Poll
Poll: Have you made efforts to use less plastic in your daily life?
19 Aug 2020
22.7k
66
Pollution
Plastic in the Atlantic Ocean is far beyond levels previously estimated
18 Aug 2020
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recycling
McDonald's to trial recycling unwanted plastic toys into new products such as coffee cups
14 Nov 2019
15.1k
64
Monaghan
Ireland's first reverse vending machine allows people to recycle plastic bottles in return for 10c vouchers
30 Sep 2019
48.4k
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no waste
Is it really possible to live a zero waste life? I tried for a week (and did a terrible job)
30 Aug 2019
20.1k
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microplastics
Microplastics found in Arctic and Alps after being carried by wind and snow, scientists warn
15 Aug 2019
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ireland 2029
'We need to leave the throwaway culture behind': Could Ireland really go plastic free by 2029?
31 Jul 2019
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Oceans
Irish teenager wins global science award for removing microplastics from water
30 Jul 2019
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tough talking
'We cannot be radical enough': David Attenborough calls for drastic climate change action
9 Jul 2019
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flying the green flag
Ireland surpasses all EU recycling targets including plastics, glass and metal
27 Jun 2019
21.9k
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United Nations
Landmark pact to regulate plastic waste signed by 180 nations - but not the US
11 May 2019
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recycling
Lidl says it's introducing in-store recycling stations across the country
10 Apr 2019
32.4k
30
Environment
Government and schools will no longer buy single-use plastic cups, cutlery and straws
Updated
4 Jan 2019
27.9k
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plastic problem
Wet wipes and sanitary products cause over 500 sewage blockages every month
18 Nov 2018
62.8k
51
Trash Talk
'Single-use': Term used to refer to throw away plastic named Collins word of the year 2018
7 Nov 2018
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13
dublin coast
Review begins as 70kg of plastic debris recovered in Dún Laoghaire baths clear-up
5 Nov 2018
30.7k
17
The Daily Poll
Poll: Do you make efforts to reduce how much single-use plastics you buy?
7 Oct 2018
18.0k
47
OFF TARGET
To reach EU targets Ireland needs to increase its plastic recycling by 80%
19 Sep 2018
7.3k
43
food waste
Researchers say plastic is 'indispensable' so they're trying to make it more sustainable
2 Sep 2018
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