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The latest news and events from the Clean Technology Centre.

CTC Explands Savour Food Programme with Support from The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine

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The Clean Technology Centre (CTC) at Cork Institute of Technology (CIT), has been funded by The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAMF) to collaborate with Local Development Companies (LDCs) and Local Authority Enterprise Offices (LEOs) to expand and further develop the Savour Food East Cork programme.
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CTC Busy with Stop Food Waste Activities This Summer!

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The Clean Technology Centre manages the Stop Food Waste Programme on behalf of the EPA and will be busy this summer with a plethora of events and activities. Here are just some:
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CTC Produces Three New Major Policy/Environmental Law Reports

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The Clean Technology Centre has been commissioned by the EPA to produce three new major policy reports on best practice and environmental law in the EU. These reports will inform Irish policies on envioronmental best practice, especially in the area of resource efficiency and the circular economy.
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CTC works with Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine on Food Waste Project

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CTC, with other partners, has commenced a new food waste project commissioned by The Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine. This project, along with one other, has received funding from the Department’s Rural Innovation and Development Fund, for initiatives aimed at reducing food waste generated by food businesses, retailer/wholesalers, or suppliers in rural areas.
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Forum on Food Waste and The Food Waste Charter

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The Clean Technology Centre remains active in the food waste prevention sphere, through its running of the Stop Food Waste Programme; work with local authorities for the Local Authority Prevention Network; work with producers for The Green Business Programme and work with healthcare facilities for The Green Healthcare Programme.
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SME event in Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown (Nov. 14th)

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Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council are hosting a morning interactive workshop to support Small to Medium Enterprises (SMEs) in the Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown area to implement environmental best practices and save money on their water, waste and energy bills.
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Green Healthcare Launches New Water Efficiency Guide

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The Green Healthcare Programme, being led by CTC on behalf of The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Health Service Executive (HSE), has developed a guide: Water Efficiency: A best practice guide for Irish Healthcare Facilities.
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EnergyWater Project Continues Apace

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The aim of EnergyWater is to provide assessment to SMEs and big companies about cost saving improvement actions for those fields with highest saving potentials or working below their optimum conditions. A major feature of the current phase of the project is The Energy Angels Network.
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Ireland is getting serious about tackling Food Waste

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Ireland, along with almost 200 other countries, has committed to achieving the United Nations Sustainable Development Goals, including – ‘By 2030, halve per capita global food waste at the retail and consumer levels and reduce food losses along production and supply chains, including post-harvest losses’.
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Green Healthcare will attend the National Health Expo in City West 14th February

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The Inaugural National Health Expo is being held on 14th February 2017 in Citywest, Dublin.
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CTC will attend the National Sustainability Summit 2017

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Green Business will exhibit at the National Sustainability Summit in the CityWest Dublin on 31st January.
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CTC Begins Interreg NWE Food Heroes Project with BIM

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Interreg North West Europe Programme, will continue the ongoing collaboration between Bord Iascaigh Mhara (BIM) and the Clean Technology Centre. Since 2010 CTC has been working with BIM to improve the sustainability of the fish processing sector in Ireland
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CTC Undertakes New Waste Characterisation Study

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The Clean Technology Centre, in collaboration with RPS, have been commissioned by the Irish Environmental Protection Agency to perform a National Study on the Characterisation of Municipal Waste in Ireland.
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