Dublin start-up company Obeo believes the UK market is wide open for a food waste box that helps take the ‘yuck factor’ and the stink out of composting.

Glass and other materials recycled from decommissioned solar PV panels could be worth as much as $15bn to the global economy by 2050.

A local recycling company used an Invest Northern Ireland Grant for R&D to develop an innovative extended product range and took part in an Invest NI trade mission to Saudi Arabia and the UAE to identify new customers.

Rothar is a social enterprise focused on the upcycling of old bicycles.

In Ireland, an estimated 180 million drinks cans are consumed per annum outside the home, either 'on the go' or by employees in the workplace.

WEEE Ireland partnered with Laois County Council and Abbeyleix Tidy Towns to launch a pioneering community initiative and battery recycling drive on the 21st of April.

Of course, WEEE Ireland collection days are a great way to recycle your stash of broken gadgets, appliances and waste batteries (WEEE stands for Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment).

The Electronic Product Environmental Assessment Tool (EPEAT) has approved European Recycling Platform’s (ERP) recycling standard for the end-of-life management of IT and Display equipment.

Research by Repak has revealed that the people of Ireland set themselves for another feast of chocolate consumption, even if the chocolate egg doesn't belong to them, over Easter 2016.

Now that Europe is going to take a stricter view on the treatment of plastic waste, it has become even more important to find a sustainable solution.

Disposable coffee cups handed out in their billions are "virtually impossible" to recycle despite major cafe chains claiming theirs are eco-friendly, campaigners have warned.

Starbucks is to offer its customers a 50p discount if they bring their own cup to have their drink served in.

The latest data and indepth information about UK plastics recycling and reprocessing was published last week in an updated Plastics Market Situation Report.