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Figures published in 2009 by the Environmental Protection Agency show that 15.2 per cent more household waste was recycled in Mayo in 2007 compared to the previous year. Households in the Mayo area recycled 18,545 tonnes of waste by using green bins, brown bins, home composting, bring banks and civic amenity centres.

WEEE Ireland, in partnership with Kilkenny County Council, will hold a free electrical recycling day in three locations across Kilkenny this Saturday.

The Belvedere Home and Garden show at the weekend kick started the promotional season for Allied Waste Management services. Based in Clonmellon, Co Westmeath, Allied Waste have been the main bin collectors for Westmeath County Council for the past five years. In order to give something back to the Westmeath community, they had skippy bag giveaways for everyone who attended the show last weekend. The giveaway proved to be a huge success for Allied Waste and they are urging anyone who missed out on the offer to contact their Clonmellon office for their free skippy bag.

Fergus McAllister, Mayo Green Party chairperson, urged the new Westport Town Council to oversee the introduction of a brown bin collection for the town as soon as possible so that bio-waste such as grass cuttings or food can be separated and utilised, instead of going to landfill.

A former county secretary of Mayo County Council along with three waste companies have been found not guilty of sharing markets and customers in 2005 under the Competition Act.

Professor Vincent O’Flaherty, from NUIG is leading research into making energy out of sewage. This research is being funded by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) as part of their STRIVE programme.

Home composting workshops, organised by Westmeath County Council, are to be held in Athlone and Mullingar in the coming weeks.

Municipal waste services in Athlone will cease before the end of the year after the Town Council followed the county’s lead at this month’s meeting (November 2), and conceded its inability to commercially compete with the eight private companies operating in the county.

WEEE Ireland, the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling, has provided extra resources in recent weeks to assist local authorities in collecting water damaged household electrical waste in areas affected by flooding.

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is urging households in Westmeath to stay green this Christmas by recycling their wrapping and packaging, and composting their leftovers.