Clearance for the restriction on microbeads contained in the Microbeads (Prohibition) Bill 2019 was last night announced by Minister Eoghan Murphy. Further consideration of the bill will be facilitated in the Dáil at committee stage. What will [...]

The Environmental Indicators Ireland CSO report released this week shows that in 2017 Ireland generated 60.7 million tonnes of greenhouse gas, working out at 13.3 tonnes per capita of CO2 equivalent. These [...]

New 2017 data published by The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) on Ireland’s national pollutant and transfer register reveals a 69% decrease in emissions of harmful refrigerant gas in Ireland.   What is [...]

The European Commission’s recycling and recovery targets have were surpassed again in 2018 according to Repak. Ireland’s overall recycling rate for all materials is 68% which is 13% above the EU target. [...]

Carbon Action, part of the Chris Mee Group made a presentation this week to the Lagos Greenhouse Gas Inventory (L-GHGI) Project stakeholder group in Lagos, Nigeria. The stakeholder group was comprised of [...]

Planning to use a Carbon Footprint Calculator to measure your emissions? You can just fill in a questionnaire on one of the many Carbon Footprint Calculators available online.. Easy, right?  WRONG. There’s much [...]

Each Year almost 50 million tonnes (and €55 billion) of e-waste is produced globally. This is made up of smartphones, computers, household appliances and more.   Despite containing billions of dollars' worth [...]

Carbon Action and Sustinere partner up to deliver high quality training courses in Singapore.   Fergal Mee of Carbon Action recently delivered well attended Carbon Emissions ISO training courses to companies and governental agency [...]

How Bad is your Googling for The Environment?  No economic activity exists without creating an impact on the environment. While we focus on fossil fuel production and consumption - some of the [...]