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» CEDA

The Consumer Electronic Distributors Association (CEDA) is the sectoral association within ICT Ireland promoting the development and representing the interests of the major distributors of consumer electronic goods in Ireland.

» ICT

ICT Ireland is the voice of the information and Communcations Technology sector in Ireland

» Local Authorities

» Waste Contractors

WEEE Ireland's Recycling Partners – for more comprehensive lists of waste contractor consultants, please see the envirocentre website listed below.

» www.dublinwaste.ie

Dublin Waste.ie is the Dublin Waste Management website for the Dublin Region aimed at promoting and increasing waste minimisation and recycling.

» ENFO

ENFO is a public service which provides easy access to wide-ranging and authoritative information on the environment including sustainable development. It was established in 1990 by the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Government.

» www.envirocentre.ie

Envirocentre is an environmental information portal from Enterprise Ireland, designed specifically to enhance environmental awareness in Irish industry, with particular emphasis on small and medium enterprises (SMEs).

» www.environ.ie

The Department of the Environment, Heritage & Local Government. Goals are to promote sustainable development and improve the quality of life through protection of the environment and heritage, infrastructure provision, balanced regional development and good local government.

» www.epa.ie

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent public body responsible for a wide range of functions, including the regulation of large or complex activities that have significant polluting potential for monitoring and reporting on environmental quality and enforcing compliance with environmental protection.

  • Environmental licensing
  • Enforcement of environmental law
  • Environmental planning and guidance
  • Monitoring and reporting on the environmental status- air, water, waste, noise, land and soil
  • Environmental research
  • Batteries enforcement

» www.ibec.ie

Irish Business & Employers Confederation. Goal is to promote the needs of Irish business and employers to create and sustain a competitive business environment that sustains enterprise and growth.

» Race Against Waste

Race Against Waste is the Department of the Environment Heritage and Local Governments campaign to raise awareness of waste issues and change behaviour among people at home and at work in order to reduce the amount of waste being produced and increase recycling and composting.

» www.weee-forum.org

An open non-profit association of voluntary industry-driven collective WEEE (Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment) take-back systems, taking care of individual producers' responsibility in Europe.

» www.weeeregister.ie

To assist producer companies in meeting their obligations for the responsible management of waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE). The society is involved with:

  • registration of producers and importers of electrical and electronic equipment
  • notifying the EPA where there is evidence of non compliance with the Regulations
  • verification of visible Environmental Management Costs (vEMC)
  • determination of the market share of individual producers

» www.nationalspringclean.org

National Spring Clean a successful anti-litter initiative in Ireland. The campaign encourages every sector of society to actively participate and take responsibility for litter, by actually conducting clean-ups in their own local environment. National Spring Clean traditionally takes place throughout the month of April.

» www.ban.org

BAN (Basel Action Network) focuses on confronting the global environmental injustice and economic inefficiency of toxic trade (toxic wastes, products and technologies) and its devastating impacts. They actively promote the sustainable and just solutions to our consumption and waste crises - banning waste trade, while promoting green, toxic free and democratic design of consumer products .