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Seventy eight per cent of households in Mayo use refuse collection services, leaving 22 per cent unaccounted for. This figure, which related to the latest statistics of 2009, was revealed by Michael Joyce, senior engineer with Connaught Waste Management.

WEEE Ireland, the Irish compliance scheme for electrical and battery recycling, held two free recycling events in Castlecomer and Urlingford recently in association with Kilkenny County Council.

The Adult Refugee Programme is an English Language and Socialisation Programme open to all those with refugee status (Stamp 4} with an aim to assist in the process of integration into Irish society.

Galway County Council is accepting Christmas trees for recycling during normal working hours up until tomorrow, Saturday January 15 at Canal Drive, Ballinasloe. Please note this service is for the domestic sector only.

Christmas tree, Christmas cards, and wrapping paper recycling: for the month of January live Christmas trees, Christmas cards, and wrapping paper can be brought to Roscommon Civic Amenity Site for recycling. The site is open Monday to Saturday 8am to 4pm, and open at lunchtime. Tel (090) 6626620.

The Environmental Protection Agency (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 landfills if people remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

The EPA 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 landfills if people remember to reduce, reuse, and recycle.

Santa paid a very special visit to Mullingar Civic Offices on Wednesday to help the European Recycling Platform (ERP), launch its Christmas Appeal in Westmeath. ERP and Westmeath County Council invited children to visit Santa in his grotto and bring their used batteries and broken WEEE toys (Waste Electrical and Electronic) along for recycling. ERP is Ireland’s only pan European compliance scheme for electrical waste and battery recycling. On the day 278 children visited Santa and an incredible 36kg of WEEE toys was recycled and 46kg of batteries were recycled, which is the equivalent of over 1,840 AA batteries.

Next time you throw a pair of old jeans into the recycling bag, you might be doing your bit to help build the new Ford Focus.

Next time you throw a pair of old jeans into the recycling bag, you might be doing your bit to help build the new Ford Focus.