Limerick Clare Kerry Regional Waste Management Office as set up an Eco Pledge Programme for people to make a pledge to improve their environmental behaviour.

Sometimes we feel overwhelmed by environmental issues and helpless to do anything about it. The Eco Pledge system makes it easy, people can choose an action that they can easily do and take the Eco-Pledge. Small changes in behaviour can have a huge impact when combined with thousands of like-minded people.

Pledges can be made to:

• Choose Tap Water
• Say no to paper bags
• Make a shopping list and stick to it
• Use both sides of the page
• Invest in rechargable batteries
• Repair and customize you clothes
• Say no to junk mail
• Choose less packaging
• Re-use Stuff
• Raise Awareness

Click here to make a pledge (or four)

LCK RWMO have also made a brilliant video showing how the pledge can work in reality, with students from Crescent College on the streets of Limerick – check it out!

Monaghan County Council has developed a stunning new video on food waste prevention in the restaurant and catering sectors. The video shows graphically how business people are throwing money down the drain with the levels of food waste being produced.

€200 million is being waste annually by the Irish Catering Sector on food waste.

To reduce your food waste in catering download the Less Food Waste, More Profit Guide, developed by the Stop Food Waste team.

Here’s the video:

As a follow up on Monaghan County Council’s Master Composter Programme, Dr. Compost himself Craig Benton revisited St. Tiarnach’s School in Clones to ensure that the wormery that was built during the summer during the master composting programme was still operational.

The students from the schools Green Committee learnt all about worms and worm poop!

The enthusiasm of students was clearly evident and it is certain the worms will be well fed and well looked after in their new home!

The Limerick Clare Kerry region participated alongside other European regions with a local “BatucaMob” at the iconic Cliffs of Moher, Co. Clare. The Cliffs of Moher are project partners with the LCK region on the local authority prevention network.

Right across Europe the “BatucaMob” event was a symbolic and unified action of people coming together to announce the arrival of the European week for Waste Reduction throughout Europe by making noise with empty waste containers.

To see the BatucaMob at the cliffs go to the youtube link below:

From its extraction through sale, use and disposal, all the stuff in our lives affects communities at home and abroad, yet most of this is hidden from view.

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