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Household waste collected in Mayo County Council area has decreased by 32.1 per cent compared to the 2008 figures, according to the Environmental Protection Agency National Waste Report 2009.

Work is underway to ensure that Galway becomes a cleaner and environmentally friendly place to live and visit with both local authorities taking part in new recycling and waste prevention initiatives.

A 19-YEAR old Kilkenny woman who killed her brother by stabbing him through the heart with a steak knife has received a suspended prison sentence at the Central Criminal Court.

The National Waste Prevention Programme, led by the EPA, has funded and developed greenbusiness.ie, a free business advisory service that represents an innovative approach to waste prevention and resource efficiency in Ireland.

The Environmental Protection Agency is asking Carlow householders not to forget to recycle all the parcel wrapping and the sweet wrappers that they use this Christmas.

The EPA is urging households in Westmeath to stay green this Christmas and recycle their waste. Christmas time produces more waste than any other time of the year, according to the EPA, and this waste can be diverted from landfill if people remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

The Environmental Protection Agency is urging households in Mayo to stay green this Christmas and recycle their waste. Christmas time produces more waste than any other time of the year, according to the EPA, and this waste can be diverted from landfill if people remember to reduce, reuse and recycle. Households in Mayo recycled 16.7 per cent of their waste according to the most recent data available from the EPA.

A new booklet to help publicans in County Mayo cut costs and improve their environmental performance was launched this week. The booklet, Calling Time on Waste: a publican’s handbook to a leaner, greener, cost base, is the result of a collaboration of the Vintners’ Federation of Ireland, Monaghan County Council and the Environmental Protection Agency.

The Environmental Protection Agency is urging households in County Mayo to stay green this Christmas and recycle their wrapping and packaging and compost their leftovers. Christmas time produces more waste than any other time of the year, according to the EPA, and this waste can be diverted from landfills if people remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle. On average, every resident in Mayo generated 729kg of municipal waste in 2008.