Attitudes and actions towards recycling behaviours in the Limerick, Ireland region

Susan Byrne and O’Regan, Bernadette

Resources, Conservation & Recycling, 2014, vol. 87, issue C, 89-96

Abstract: Recycling across Ireland has increased incrementally since the introduction and implementation of the Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC, the WEEE directive 2002/96/EC, and the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC. As a result of the implementation of the aforementioned directives, the volume of waste sent to landfill has fallen, household composting increased and recovery of municipal waste recyclables continues to improve. The improvements witnessed, are in part achieved as a result of the introduction of the 2-bin and 3-bin collection service. The improvement of facilities at recycling centres and bring banks have been instrumental in the gains achieved in recycling rates.

Keywords: Recycling; Waste collection services; Structural conveniences (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2014
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DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2014.03.001

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