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Eithne Shortall: Recycling is a load of old rubbish unless we all do it

A recent sting by a citizen journalist has me questioning our country’s disgraceful waste management system

The EPA announced earlier this month that the majority of Irish people were still putting waste in the wrong bin

There’s a lot of existential dread to be found in a yoghurt carton. There is for me, anyway. How I approach the empty container is generally indicative of how things are going in the rest of my life. On my best days, I will carefully wash it out, leave it to dry on the draining board and pop it in the recycling bin, happy to have made one of those little efforts that we’re told ...