(EcoEye S7, E5)
Item 1: Exploring the south west’s marine biodiversity
Item 2: Energy efficient lightbulbs
Item 3: Recycling lightbulbs and batteries
Posts Tagged ‘recycle’
Episode 07
(Eco Eye s1/e7)
The Big Picture
Waste disposal is a fact of life. No matter how much we recycle and reuse, there will always be a residue of non-recyclable, contaminated or toxic waste to deal with.
eco.eye takes a look at the current waste crisis in Ireland, investigates waste disposal methods that other European countries have implemented and [...]
Episode 05
(Eco Eye s1/e5)
The Big Picture
Around the country, more than 150,000 homes get their drinking water from Group Water Schemes fed by wells, groundwater springs, lakes or water from their local authority. Nearly half of these are polluted and the EU is threatening legal action over the appalling state of them. This item investigates [...]
Episode 04
(Eco Eye s2/e4)
Eutrophication
People have been fishing in the waters of Lough Conn in County Mayo for hundreds of years. But one fish they won’t be catching is an ancient species stranded in Lough Conn 12,000 years ago at the end of the last ice age that had survived until only recently. The artic char, a [...]
Episode 04
(Eco Eye s3/e4)
Item 1
Community & Lifestyle
Waste Reduction
With our landfills stuffed to capacity, there’s never been a more urgent need to reduce the waste we generate. At present we’re recycling just one fifth of our domestic household waste.
But reducing and recycling waste has to make financial sense, especially to householders. In recent years, several new waste [...]