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Newry and Mourne District Council have launched their annual Need a Bag? Week at Newry Market. The campaign aims to help shoppers think twice about using plastic bags and encourages them to move towards a more sustainable, environmentally-aware lifestyle.
The Deputy Mayor of Newry & Mourne District Council Councillor Charlie Casey said, “Over 230 million plastic bags are sent to landfill in Northern Ireland each year- that’s 316 bags per person! We are running this campaign to encourage residents to take a few minutes before they leave the house to remember to take their re-useable shopping bags and to say no when offered more bags in the shop. more »
SWaMP2008, The Southern Waste Management Partnership, has now short-listed four bidders to develop their proposals for the construction of waste management infrastructure for the southern half of Northern Ireland.
The short-listed four are: Biffa Waste Services Ltd (with Natural World Products Ltd and Ros Roca Environmental SL), Greenstar Holdings (with BioGen Power Ltd, Strabag Umweltenlagen GMbH and Orchid Environmental Ltd), Northern Ireland Sustainable Solutions (Cyril Sweett Investments Ltd, Urbaser SA and John Sisk & Son Ltd) and Quinn Group Ltd (with Entsorga Italia SRL).
SWaMP2008
Notice of conclusion of audit
In accordance with the Local Government (Accounts and Audit) Regulations (Northern Ireland) 2006, notice is given that the audit of the accounts for the year ended 31 March 2009 has been concluded by the local government auditor.
Any member of the public may –
(a) inspect and make copies of the statements of accounts (or any part of it) prepared by the Council;
(b) inspect and make copies of (or any part of it) any report made to the Council by the local government auditor;
(c) require copies of any such statement or report (or any part thereof) to be delivered to him/her on payment of £10 for each copy.
The above documents may be inspected at The Council Offices, The Palace Demesne, Armagh or at the SWaMP2008 offices, Omagh Enterprise Company Ltd, Great Northern Road, Omagh, between the hours of 9am and 5pm Monday to Fridays.
In addition the statement of accounts may be viewed by clicking the link below:
Councillor Allan Rainey, Councillor John Campbell, Graham Byrne, Operational Director, Councillor Jack Patterson, Councillor Charles Rollston and Councillor Pearse McAleer pictured in Brussels
A delegation from SWaMP2008 has attended a conference in Brussels to hear the latest update on important European Waste Management legislation which is due to come into effect in Northern Ireland.
Waste is currently a high profile issue across Europe as every member state considers how to reduce the amount of waste going to landfill and how to reduce the consumption of raw materials through increased recycling.
In Brussels, the delegation attended a reception at the Northern Ireland Executive Offices, at which they met with MEPs Jim Nicholson, Bairbre de Brun and Diane Dodds. The SWaMP2008 party also met with MLAs from the NI Assembly Committee for Agriculture & Rural Development (DARD) including Committee Chairman, Ian Paisley Jnr, Tom Elliott, UUP MLA for Fermanagh & South Tyrone, George Savage, UUP MLA for Upper Bann and William Irwin, DUP MLA for Newry & Armagh.
9-Year Old Anna Marley from Portadown has won a prestigious schools competition to create the name for a new multi-million pound Waste Management Project in the Southern Region of Northern Ireland. more »
Pupils and staff at McClintock Children’s Centre in Seskinore, Co Tyrone are enjoying their new green accolade: more »
Council’s pioneering project will divert household furniture from landfill
Mayor of Newry and Mourne District Council, Councillor John Feehan, hosted a ceremony at the Sean Hollywood Arts Centre to present five local schools with their prestigious Eco-Schools Green Flag awards. more »
