All Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025

The UN’s fourth Global E-waste Monitor (GEM), 20th March 2024

Fri, 22nd Mar, 2024

The world’s generation of electronic waste is rising five times faster than documented e-waste...

weee2tree launch a second Native Irish Tree planting project.

Thu, 14th Mar, 2024

The project which is being developed with the Mercey Secondary School in Kilbeggan. started...

Reuse and the Right to Repair

Wed, 31st Jan, 2024

Global electronic waste volume is projected to grow to approximately 75 million tonnes by 2030....

The scourge of disposable vapes

Mon, 16th Oct, 2023

If you are walking anywhere today, you are certain to come across the latest litter scourge...

You can recycle anything with a plug, battery or cable! International E-Waste Day to shed the light on ‘invisible’ electronic waste.

Thu, 21st Sep, 2023

International E-waste Day is a yearly awareness raising celebration initiated by the WEEE Forum...

European Council adopts new regulation on batteries and waste batteries

Thu, 13th Jul, 2023

On the 10th July 2023 The European Council adopted a new regulation that strengthens sustainability...

EU Battery Regulations Ireland

Fri, 26th May, 2023

Obligations for anyone designated as a producer of Batteries on the Irish Market

With IT purchasing decisions, Sustainability takes Second Place to the Bottom Line

Mon, 27th Feb, 2023

There is no escaping the effects of the climate crisis but differences of opinion exist on...

UNITAR Update of WEEE Collection Rates, Targets, Flows, and Hoarding – 2021

Wed, 21st Dec, 2022

The European Union (EU) Directive 2002/96/EC and Directive 2012/19/EU. have legislated Waste...

Almost 50% of WEEE in the EU is not recycled properly

Wed, 7th Dec, 2022

A new study suggests that nearly half of all discarded waste electrical and electronic equipment...

A “real” Common Charger for Mobile Devices will be a reality in 2024

Wed, 5th Oct, 2022

The EU finally fixes a problem they attempted to address in 2013 when they mandated a standard...

64,856 tonnes of WEEE collected in Ireland in 2020

Fri, 16th Sep, 2022

WEEE statistics for Ireland 2020 The Irish Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) waste data...

Data Security: The Correct Disposal of IT Equipment Containing Sensitive Data

Fri, 9th Sep, 2022

You have recently upgraded your IT hardware, who looks after data security for your old IT...

Computer Hard Drives

Thu, 7th Jul, 2022

3.5" 500Gb Hard Drives in Boxes of 20

Have you ever had a “finger wagging” tirade about protecting the environment from and 18 to 24 year old?

Mon, 16th May, 2022

Well, a recent survey commissioned by WEEE Ireland into Irish E-waste WEEE recycling habits...

Happy St Patrick's Day

Tue, 15th Mar, 2022

Wishing all our customers and suppliers a Happy St Patrick's Day. We will be closed from 5:00pm...

Buying Local Drives The Multiplier Effect

Fri, 10th Dec, 2021

€1 spent on a local business leads to €0.45 cent being re-invested locally as opposed to a...

Electronic Recycling Updated ISO9001-2015 Certification

Mon, 27th Sep, 2021

Electronic Recycling are delighted to announce the updating of our ISO9001-2015 Certification

Repairing and the right to repair is the first step to reducing e-waste from smartphones.

Fri, 30th Jul, 2021

As the sales of smartphones has skyrocketed their contribution to the e-waste stream has also...

International E-Waste Day - 14 October 2021

Thu, 1st Jul, 2021

This year’s International E-Waste Day will focus on the crucial part each of us has in making...

Bees and The All Ireland Pollinator Plan 2021-2025

Mon, 19th Apr, 2021

I have always thought of bees as one of those things that could trigger a human catastrophe...

A Citizen Green Bond for Ireland

Thu, 11th Mar, 2021

“A Citizen Green Bond for Ireland is a green State Savings account that would empower Irish...

Right to Repair Europe

Sun, 28th Feb, 2021

On the 9th of February the European Parliament voted in favour of establishing a ‘right to...

Rare earth minerals : China explores cutting off supply to the EU and US

Tue, 16th Feb, 2021

“China is exploring whether it can hurt U.S. defence contractors by limiting supplies of rare...

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