Consumers can save 22,000 tonnes of carbon emissions this Easter, equivalent of removing 12,000 cars from our roads
Egg eater’s carbon foot print can be reduced by 22,000 tonnes, if we recycle over 17,000 tonnes of packaging waste this Easter period
Saving 22,000 carbon tonnes is the equivalent of taking 12,000 cars off the road
Irish chocoholics will munch their way through circa 6.4 million Easter Eggs
624,160 kilos of Easter egg packaging waste will be generated
Repak calls on consumers to recycle all packaging from cardboard and plastic to aluminium foil wrapping.
Egg eater’s carbon foot print can be reduced by 22,000 tonnes, if we recycle over 17,000 tonnes of packaging waste this Easter period
Saving 22,000 carbon tonnes is the equivalent of taking 12,000 cars off the road
Irish chocoholics will munch their way through circa 6.4 million Easter Eggs
624,160 kilos of Easter egg packaging waste will be generated
Repak calls on consumers to recycle all packaging from cardboard and plastic to aluminium foil wrapping.
Target of 45% of all packaging to be recycled this Easter
By recycling the packaging from the 6.4 million eggs consumed Irish households can save up to 811 tonnes of carbon, the equivalent of just over 20,000 bags of coal. The annual chocolate splurge will result in the creation of 624 tonnes of additional used packaging however Irish consumers can offset their chocolate eating guilt by making an egg-stra effort to recycle over the Easter period.
Easter egg boxes are not the only used packaging that householders need to be aware of at this time. The Easter festivities will generate over 39,000 tonnes of used packaging in total. Last year consumers recycled 16,000 tonnes or just over 40% of all packaging but this year Repak is calling on all households to help them recycle 17,500 tonnes of this packaging or over 45% of all packaging generated. If all this packaging is recycled it will result in 22,000 tonnes of carbon saved which is the equivalent of taking 12,000 cars off our roads
Also the housebound festivities on Good Friday result in a significant increase in household packaging. 7 million beverage cans and 2 million bottles of wine will be consumed. Repak is urging all households to use their household collections, Recycling Centres and BringBanks to recycle all of this used packaging rather than sending it to landfill.Commenting at the launch, Darrell Crowe of Repak said “Easter is a great time for giving and receiving special treats, however we always see a spike in the amount of additional used packaging that is produced at this time. This year we are trying to influence consumer to recycle more of their used packaging and their Easte egg packaging in particular by making them aware of the positive impact recycling can have on the environment as a whole, particularly in the terms of carbon emission savings. We recently launched a household carbon calculator on our website so if consumers are interested in finding out how their carbon footprint can be reduced by taking individual action and by measuring their impact when they visit the carbon calculator on our website.”
It is estimated that if all the eggs consumed in Ireland over the coming Easter period were to be converted into chocolate liquid, weighed or measured, there would be enough eggs equivalent to:
The weight of more than 78 killer whales
Create a path as long as 4 full length triathlons
Households will generate over 42,000 tonnes of used packaging over Easter but last year
only 40% of it was recycled.
It is estimated that over the Easter period Irish households will create the following amount of Easter Egg packaging waste:
17,270 kilos of aluminium foil packaging waste equal to just over 1,000 mountain bikes.
376,596 kilos of card or paper packaging waste which laid out flat would cover an area 50
It is estimated that over the Easter period Irish households will create the following amount of Easter Egg packaging waste:
17,270 kilos of aluminium foil packaging waste equal to just over 1,000 mountain bikes.
376,596 kilos of card or paper packaging waste which laid out flat would cover an area 50
times the size of Sydney Opera House
230,295 kilos of PET plastic packaging waste if recycled saves 1.6 cubic kilometers of landfill
230,295 kilos of PET plastic packaging waste if recycled saves 1.6 cubic kilometers of landfill
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Irish households will generate over 42,000 kilos of used packaging in total over Easter period but last year only 40% of it was recycled.
Irish households will produce circa 42,000 tonnes of used packaging this Easter. Last year over 16,000 tonnes or 40% of all used packaging was recycled during the Easter period this was 14% up on the previous year. Due to Repaks financial supports and campaigns such as Repak Easter appeal, Repak recorded an increase in household packaging recycling of nearly 7% in 2007, recovering approximately 640,000 toones of used packaing.
Householders can visit http://www.repak.ie/ for details of your local Recycling Centres
Irish households will generate over 42,000 kilos of used packaging in total over Easter period but last year only 40% of it was recycled.
Irish households will produce circa 42,000 tonnes of used packaging this Easter. Last year over 16,000 tonnes or 40% of all used packaging was recycled during the Easter period this was 14% up on the previous year. Due to Repaks financial supports and campaigns such as Repak Easter appeal, Repak recorded an increase in household packaging recycling of nearly 7% in 2007, recovering approximately 640,000 toones of used packaing.
Householders can visit http://www.repak.ie/ for details of your local Recycling Centres
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