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The next Repair Café Galway will take place on Saturday, September 26, offering free repairs, skill-sharing, and a welcoming space for neighbours to meet, chat, and learn practical ways to keep household items in use for longer.

In response to public outcry over viral images of rubbish strewn all over Salthill’s beaches during the May heatwave, the city council has planned a proactive litter response ahead of a hot weekend.

With summer upon us and a few heatwaves already under the belt, Uisce Éireann has launched its water conservation campaign asking people in Galway to conserve and help protect and preserve water supplies by adopting simple water saving practices at home, in the garden and at work.

Too Good To Go, the social impact company behind the world’s largest marketplace for surplus food, is sharing some top tips on how to reduce your environmental impact and making sure you get the most from your grocery shop.

Christmas is a wonderful time of the year, when we enjoy having family and friends around to cook and eat together.

New legislation to create a ‘circular economy’ is coming, involving a “radical change” to production and consumption, limiting single use products and clamping down on littering and dumping,

Planning ahead for dining in the great outdoors this June bank holiday weekend will help reduce waste, keep millions of single use cups, bottles and cutlery from ending up in our waste system or as litter, and reduce costs to local businesses according to My Waste.

Irish start-up, CUSP (Cease Using Single-Use Plastic), founded by Athlone native, Simon Ruddy, has developed a novel approach to tackling household single-use plastic packaging waste.

Zero Waste - Responsible production & consumption, a video made by Anna Golden, a 19-year-old student from Barna, has been shortlisted for the UN Climate Change Youth Video competition.

This reuse month, householders and businesses are being encouraged to reuse more, as less than five percent of disposed items are reused.