Government urged to recycle waste

THE Government has been urged to clean-up its own act by recycling more than one third of its waste.

Environment Minister Dick Roche said civil servants and semi-state bodies could divert thousands of tonnes of rubbish away from landfill sites under the project.

Mr Roche said the Action at Work scheme would ensure Ireland was on the way to hitting ambitious European Union targets of recycling 35% of the country’s waste.