recycling

Since most of us play our video games indoors, it is easy to forget about the big, beautiful world outside. There is much to discover and so many inspiring sights to see in our forests, parks, and backyards. However, in addition to all of…

Experts are calling it "the end of recycling as we know it". What is Operation National Sword and why has it changed the way we recycle forever? What Am Politics are here to find out. ?

The green movement has been growing in popularity ever since we started to realise the unbelievable amount of damage human society has been causing to our environment. Amidst all the talk of recycling paper and bringing your own bag to the…

Climate change can seem a daunting challenge. We are inundated with many different and new ways in which we as individuals and a society are damaging our planet.  We are warned that the consequences of our failures are far reaching, deadly…

Recycling – we all do it now don’t we? From our schools all the way up to government level, for years we’ve been hearing about the benefits of recycling. Most of us have access to green bins in our homes now, shopping centres and public…

If you've been watching social media, you'll be aware that we're on target to have more plastic than fish in our oceans by 2050. That's a stark window into just how disastrous our disposable culture has become but we only realise how much…

Whether it’s an impulse buy, a social occasion, or part of your ritual, the unofficial coffee club is a pretty big one. In cities all over the world a sea of disposable cups part the paths of commuters on the way to work. Bogged down with…

1500 plastic water bottles are used every second in the United States alone (1). That doesn’t include other drinks, cosmetics, detergents etc. In Ireland we drink more than our fair share of bottled water and just imagine what the worldwide…