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SHIRT OFF YOUR BACK: What are bogus ‘charity’ clothes collectors doing with your cast-offs?
Ireland
'No Junkmail' signs posted on household letterboxes aren’t stemming the flow of stickers and bags from charity clothes collectors. Every day, these appear on doormats across Ireland asking for donations of clothes we no longer want.
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PRIVATE TREATMENT: Are private wastewater works more polluting than public plants?
Ireland
Raw, untreated sewage is released into the environment from 77,000 people across 36 Irish towns and villages, a recent report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) found. In 2018, over 20 cities and towns - producing over 50% of Ireland’s urban waste water - had wastewater treatment plants that didn’t meet European Union standards.
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WASTE MOUNTAIN: Why is it taking so long to clean up one of the country’s most notorious illegal dumps?
Wicklow
It is Ireland’s most notorious illegal dump, a vast site containing what some believe is up to 1.4 million tonnes of waste.
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