Reuse, Repair & Recycling Alert 1st Feb
Important notice to members!
We’ve updated our member events schedule for 2022, check it out here and save the dates to your calendar. We’ll invite you via Google Calendar too and more events will be added throughout the year. If you can’t log in to our members section, get in touch with [email protected] to receive your login and password details.
Brainstorming sessions with the CRNI network
- Have a puzzle you think our members might be able to help you complete? Request a brainstorming session!
- Email [email protected] to set a date and time up for a Zoom, and we’ll share the information with all of our members.
Access the weekly alert archive
- From now on, we’ll be saving our weekly alerts here for ease of access.
Member news
- Usel are hiring for a number of roles. Learn more here.
- CRNI are hiring! We’re looking for a Project Manager to roll-out the latest phase of our ReMark project.
- Bounce Back Recycling have announced Bonus Beds as one of their retail partners.
- Northside Community Enterprises have made vouchers for their remixed paint available.
- Take Refill’s survey on Ireland’s attitudes to plastic bottles, recycling, the environment to be in with a chance of winning 5 reusable water bottles!
- Thriftify are rebranding. Check out their shiny new website.
- Oxfam are hiring a sales assistant in Limerick. Learn more here.
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Business support
- ERASMUS+ PROGRAMME 2022: Host a fully funded intern in your organisation for a period of 12 weeks. Contact [email protected] for more details. Deadline: ASAP
- Training opportunity: ‘MODOS Training for a Sustainable Future’ MODOS is a circular economy training programme for micro, small and medium size enterprises. It is a joint initiative of Dublin City Council and the Eastern-Midlands Regional Waste Management Planning Office. Learn more.
- Tender opportunity: Waste Collection, Disposal & Recycling Services Response deadline: 28-02-2022 12:00 Irish time
- Annual report supports: Annual report sample templates from the Carmichael Centre.
- Access EU funding: Add your organisation to the European partner database
Policy & reports
Public Consultation (IRL): The Department of the Environment, Climate and Communications – public consultation to engage with stakeholders on the EU Just Transition Fund Deadline: 14 Feb
Public Consultation (IRL): Public consultation opens on Ireland’s National Food Waste Prevention Roadmap Deadline: 24 March
Irish Policy update: Why you should care about the circular economy bill
Feedback wanted (EU): ‘Sustainable consumption of goods – promoting repair and reuse’ Deadline: 5 April
New report: Circular economy growth opportunities
New report: Reuse Network UK Social Impact Report
Funding & awards
Important deadline reminders:
- 21 February: Ireland’s RTÉ Toy Show €6.6M Fund through the Community Foundation for Ireland
- 21 February: Cork City Council and the Local Community Development Committee (LCDC) ‘Community Enhancement Programme’s Community Activities Fund 2022’
- 18 February:Horizon Europe Cluster 6 (Food, bio-economy, natural resources, agriculture and environment)
- 24 February: Scheme to Support National Organisations (SSNO)
- 28 February: The New European Bauhaus prizes 2022
- 3 March: Social Enterprise Start-up Fund 2022
- 3 March: Social Enterprise Development Fund 2022-2023
- 31 March: EPA Research Event Support funding
- 29 April: Rural Regeneration and Development Fund (RRDF)
Business opportunities
Promo opportunity: Have your organisation listed on the Earthy Marketplace for free.
Reading, Listening, Watching
Read: Clusters of social and ecological innovation in the European Union, perspectives and experiences
Read: Industry leaders call for UN treaty to tackle plastic pollution
Read: From better products to a better society: designing for the circular economy
Read: Here’s what’s needed to build a circular economy
Read: The new year is here – is Europe ready for the fastest transition in our lifetime?
Read: Irish firm soaks up circular economy profits
Read: Northern Ireland’s landfill rate rises as energy recovery falls
Read: Ministerial seal of approval for white goods repair technician course
Read: “The most sustainable building is the existing one”: dereliction and the climate crisis
Read: ‘Dairy sludge to be converted into fertiliser’
Watch: NUI Galway Rural Studies Centre Seminar Series 2022 – ‘Rural Voices’ Session 1
Events
CRNI Members only
We’ve updated our 2022 schedule of member events, check them out here!
Have something you’d like us to do? Get in touch with [email protected]
Public Reuse, Repair & Recycle events
2 February: Conference. Petcor Europe Conference
3 February: Conference. Wicklow Naturally Conference
3 February: Launch. Bike Repair Station Launch @ Redisovery Centre
3 February: Webinar.Circular waste management ll: collection and recycling of plastics
8 February: Webinar. How can we fix Europe’s broken recycling system?
8 February: Conference. Go Green Conference.
10 February: Workshop. EU Project Building’ 10th February with the Euclid Network
10 February: Workshop.Circular waste management lll: collection and recycling of WEEE
17 February: Workshop.Circular waste management lV: collection and recycling of C&D
17-18 February: Conference. Conference on Social economy, the future of Europe in Strasbourg
18 February: Measuring Ireland’s Progress: Launch of Sustainable Progress Index 2022
22 February: Workshop. Introduction to EU Funding Programme
24 February: Contest. Social Innovation Tournament.
10 March. Conference. The Irish Waste Management Conference 2022 – The Role of the Circular Economy in tackling Climate Change – Croke Park Conference Centre, Dublin
21 March: Workshop: Designing Your EU Project
24 March: Online event. RREUSE Innovation Forum. Email [email protected] for link to take part.
26 March: Conference. Net Zero Conference
26 April: Workshop. Building an EU Partnership
5-6 May: Conference. Social Economy Europe ‘Social Economy Conference’.
12 May: Workshop. Writing your EU Funding Application
Save the date: 24 March. NIRN Conference ‘Voices and Vision for The Circular Economy in Northern Ireland’
14-15 September: Conference. Lets Recycle Live
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