It's official: we stink. Ireland produces more waste per head than any other country in the EU. In fact, ah we produce 50% more than the European average. That represents a staggering total of 869kg of waste for every man, woman and child. These figures come courtesy of a report due to be published by the Institute for Public Policy Research (ippr) and Green Alliance in the UK.

It's not all bad news however. We're climbing away from the traditional notion that Ireland cares not for recycling its waste. The figures in this report will show that Ireland recycles 31% of its waste while Portugal manages to recycle a paltry 3%.

Bottom of the recycling league are Portugal, Greece and the UK. Unsurprisingly, the Dutch come first by recycling a whopping 65% of their waste.

If we keep producing rubbish at this rate, we're going to need some very large holes in the ground. Can we designate Leitrim solely as a landfill county that is to serve no other purpose other than to hide our shit?

tags:recycling

Published by Colm.