The National Food Waste Separation Road Show is in Co Monaghan this morning.
MyWaste will be on Main Street in Carrickmacross from 10 am until 3 pm this
afternoon.
They'll be handing out free starter kits which contain a free kitchen caddy, a starter pack of caddy liners, and an easy-to-follow information leaflet.
To avail of the kit, people just have to show up and bring their eircode so
that MyWaste can ensure as many households as possible benefit from this
free service.
Sharon Finnegan is the Environmental Awareness Officer with Monaghan County
Council, and she notes that "almost 40% of household waste that goes to
Irish landfills every week is organic waste, and the majority of this is
food".
She says this "incorrect disposal of food waste increases greenhouse gas
emissions and contributes in a negative way towards climate change".
