As of 1st January, China, the world’s leading plastic recycler, and importer, has placed a ban on the importation of plastic materials. This has become an even bigger issue due to the lack of planning set in place by many countries to counteract the negative effects of this ban.
“Over the last 3 years Ireland has recycled enough plastic to fill the Aviva Stadium – but this is just 35% of the country’s total plastic waste.”
In January of this year, China introduced restrictions on what type of waste is acceptable for import, these new restrictions virtually bans the import of recyclable waste into China. This has forced European countries including Ireland to rethink what to do with plastic waste.
The recent ban of plastic into China has Ireland thinking about how we dispose of our plastic. Recycling List Ireland has come up with a very informative video, explaining to us where our plastic goes to and how it is recycled.
Barna Recycling would like to thank all of the schools for participating in our school Easter competition. We had so many responses and all of the entries were extremely colourful and creative.
It was very difficult to choose the winners as all of the entries were fantastic! Please view the winners of the colouring competition below:
