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Great to see we can bring our own cups to lots of cafes again! Our local fishmongers @RobertsofDalkey offers a generous discount to encourage more people…very un-shellfish ! @CCCampaign_Irl

Great incentive to bring your own cup! 20c charge for single-use coffee cups set to be brought in later this year (via @thejournal_ie) jrnl.ie/5724951

We’d really recommend this outdoor expo on plastic pollution - enjoy fantastic, evocative photography and well researched facts and figures. Catch it before it finishes !

Soft plastic: How much of it will actually be recycled and what difference will it make? (via @thejournal_ie) thejournal.ie/soft-plastics-…

Now you can bin soft plastic in your Green Bin !🚮 It’s good news, but plastic manufacturing uses fossil fuel and causes climate change. Let’s try to bin the plastic habit first💚💚💚

A binding global treaty ? That is bound to be a great step forward 🤞🤞Call for G7 Cornwall summit to forge global plastic pollution treaty | Plastics | The Guardian theguardian.com/environment/…

Happy #EarthDay 🌏with a quote applicable to any climate change project.‘Every successful energy saving programme needs 3 main components: carrots to provide incentives, sticks to ensure compliance and tambourines to increase awareness’ @EU_Commission Joint Research Centre,2014

What we’re reading: really clear explanation of what the new Climate Bill means.Thanks to @KOSullivanIT Give me a crash course in . . . carbon budgets irishtimes.com/news/ireland/…

This strengthened Climate Bill is great news. Cabinet approves Climate Bill which commits State to net-zero carbon by 2050 irishtimes.com/news/politics…

We were delighted to be recipients last year of this @CommunityFound support. Along with funding from @dlrcc it was key to the success of our Love Deansgrange campaign.💕

Stealing a March on the competition? @TescoIrl have teamed up with @paltech_ie to recycle soft, coloured #plastics for customers from next month. Our mantra is Reduce and Reuse first and then Recycle unnecessary #packaging. Every little helps ! bit.ly/3umqiQA

What's the point of the new square-bottomed Easter Egg from @AldiUK ? No pointy end means less plastic packaging! Maybe @Aldi_Ireland too? edie.net/news/5/Asda-and-Ald… #plasticfree

NoSuptown loving @DeVillesDalkey fully compostible take-away packaging. And their food too of course! Ask your local restaurant if they can do the same and help beat #plasticpollution #Takeaway

Smarties Going Green! Cheerios, Shreddies and Shredded Wheat are set to reduce the amount of plastic used in packaging by more than 600 tonnes annually, while Nestlé's Smarties brand is also switching to recyclable paper packag... edie.net/news/5/Nestl--reduc…

Well done @RobertsofDalkey in moving away from SUP with your compostable fish bags.

What happens to our plastic waste that is sent overseas? New EU rules announced today aim to clean up the importing and exporting of plastic waste europa.eu/!MW73fB via @EU_Commission

If you order a take-away, ask if the food can be put into cardboard or non-plastic containers.Restaurants that provide a take-away service are very happy to play their part where possible. Collect and enjoy your next take-away meal but without throw-away plastic! @MyWasteIreland

Hopeful article on a Monday morning! Many retailers and brands backtracked on plastic-free refill pledges in a bid to stop Covid-19. But are we really moving towards single-use in the long term, or will there be a different "new normal"... edie.net/library/Action-on-p… @Refill_Ireland

Peppering for better plastic-free shopping ! Aldi UK & Ireland will remove single-use plastic bags from the produce aisles in all of its stores by the end of the year, the supermarket announced on 2 October edie.net/news/5/Aldi-to-remo… #choosereuse #plasticpollution @SickOfPlasticIE