Irish Examiner view: Trash talk that might save the Earth

emanding that all waste must be managed by each country at the point at which it is created will do the world a favour

The most recent figures show that some 1.2m tonnes, 42% of all Irish municipal waste, was exported — an increase of 3% from the 2022 figure. This high level of outsourcing is a major factor in a potential failure to meet 2025 recycling targets. Picture: Denis Minihane

A contributor to the Irish Examiner  this week wondered forlornly about what has changed in three decades regarding prevailing attitudes to the increasingly vexed and serious issue of waste management in the Republic.

Our approach, he said, has been “reactionary”.