July 2021
Environmental Awareness Newsletter Summer Edition
Single Use Plastic Directive
New Guide for Residents’ Associations
dlr’s Community Section have launched a guide for new Residents’ Associations. Please find a copy of this guide on dlrcoco.ie here . If you would like any advice or more information please contact our Community Development Officers. To find the name and contact number of your local Community Development Officer please visit here
Single-use plastic products (SUPs) are used once, or for a short period of time, before being thrown away. The ten most commonly found single-use plastic items represent 70% of all marine litter in the EU. The EU SUP Directive 2019/904 aims to reduce the volume of specific plastic products on the environment. Ireland is complying with the Directive by ensuring the following SUP items will be banned from being placed on the Irish market from 3 July 2021 - cotton bud sticks, cutlery, plates, stirrers, chopsticks, straws, expanded polystyrene single use food and beverage containers and all oxo- degradable plastic products.
For more information please visit www.gov.ie
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