There's Money Where Your Waste Is

by 'Return for Change' Campaign Lead Colin O'Byrne

Howth has the Bottle

Back to School - Let's make it Plastic Free !

Waste-Free Expert Múinteoir Sarah Keenan, Tells us how to Make School More Sustainable and Plastic Free

August 23, 2021

Apartment Residents have Rotten Access to Compost Facilities

Despite a legal obligation to provide all three bins, only 15% of residents in our survey had a brown bin at their sites.

Local entrepreneur and activist Angela Ruttledge spells it out

'Will it take a tragedy on our shores, something like the recent flooding and deaths in Germany and Belgium to make us - the population, as opposed to the politicians -make climate change our number one priority?'

July 27, 2021

Sick of Single-Use Plastics?

Through our many campaigns VOICE has been campaigning for a ban on Single Use Plastics. This month we are celebrating, but there is still a long way to go.

The Body Shop launches Refill Stations Worldwide

The Body Shop was an inspiration. Our very own Sorcha Kavanagh recalls its activist heritage.

Picker Pals goes international!

Our ground breaking primary school's programme goes international!

May 19, 2021

The Irish government wants to make Ireland more circular and VOICE are here to help.

Ireland is rethinking how to do things and we have a thing or two to say.

April 24, 2021

Picker Pals are Reuse Heroes

You'll never guess what our Picker Pals kit is made from...

Spring Update Newsletter

2021 has it's own unique set of challenges, but all of our campaigns are thriving

Eureka: We have a solution to our plastic crisis!

On Earth Day 2021 we are launching our new and exciting campaign called #WeChooseReuse

We want to deliver a refill station in every supermarket in Ireland

Viva Green have launched their TruEco Range supplying environmentally friendly refill products for large scale distribution here in Ireland. We caught up with Sean O’Haire from Viva Green to find out all about their new green range.

Ireland is the NO. 1 Producer of plastic waste in Europe per person

We have over 25,000 signatures asking for less Plastic on our supermarket shelves!

We caught up with Jennifer Corcoran from Refill.ie to see how their campaign to get Ireland hydrated and waste free is going

‘A great example is the Cork City Marathon in 2019, when we saved 4,500 single-use water bottles. Pretty amazing right?’

The Earthway Refill shop is East Cork’s answer to over-packaging!

‘Each person that decides to make that one difference, is the solution’

February 12, 2021

From deepest sea to highest peak: Plastic’s omnipresence on Earth

Plastic is almost impossible to avoid. From food packaging to the clothes we wear, it pervades our everyday life.

January 18, 2021

My plastic free journey

'I felt like a fraud, as I'd made no other conscious choices'