New recycling scheme takes biscuit

ANYONE who has ever taken part in a local litter clean-up knows wrappers for sweets, chocolate, biscuits, crisps and chips account for a large amount of the rubbish that blights the countryside.

Technology is advancing all the time and, in the future, we will see many ways of curbing waste and litter at source. At the same time, attempts are continuously being made to increase recycling and reduce the amount of waste going to landfill.

Indeed, one of the more notable culture changes in Ireland, in recent years, has been how well most people have taken to recycling and to the use of different types of bins for waste separation in their homes.