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We Need to Live Better While Using Less \u2013 EPA Report Sets Out How to Break the Link Between Economic Growth and Environmental Impact<\/em><\/p>\n

Millions of Euro per year can be saved right across the economy and society if people use water, energy and raw materials in a better way – through efficient production processes and less wasteful consumption.  If we want our society to be competitive and sustainable we need to live better while using less.<\/p>\n

This is the central message of the sustainability strategy Towards a Resource Efficient Ireland, released by the EPA today.  The EPA sets out the priorities and actions for Ireland to move away from a ‘take-make-use-dispose’ economic model to an economy and society where:<\/p>\n

1. we consume less and more efficiently;
\n2. our natural resources and raw materials are sustainably managed;
\n3. products are kept in use for longer;
\n4. end-of-life goods are up-cycled & re-used and
\n5. wastes are recovered for use as raw materials.<\/p>\n

Working across groups from farms and factories to hotels, communities and households, the EPA supports efficient working and living to help people live better while using less.  Irish society throws away about 600,000 tonnes of food per annum, representing a cost to the economy of \u20ac1.8 billion.  Not only is this unsustainable, but it is a wasted opportunity to create a better society while using less. Other opportunities identified were:<\/p>\n

\u2022 \u20ac5,000,000 annual savings in the Hospitality sector
\n\u2022 \u20ac2,000,000 annual savings for 50 private sector businesses supported by the EPA in 2013
\n\u2022 \u20ac10,000,000 annual savings in the healthcare sector<\/p>\n

Speaking on the launch of this strategy, Dara Lynott, EPA Director, said:<\/p>\n

\u201cOur activities target a breaking of the link between economic growth and environmental impact. In a nutshell, resource efficiency is about living better while using less \u2013 and for Ireland, this ambition has never been more relevant.\u201d<\/p>\n

Specific actions to break the link between economic growth and environmental impact are:<\/p>\n

\u2022 Reduce wasteful consumption of material, water and energy resources by changing behaviours in businesses, households and the public sector;
\n\u2022 Enhance competiveness and reduce costs by stimulating resource efficiency;
\n\u2022 Support employment in the green economy – including re-use enterprises;
\n\u2022 Minimise generation of hazardous wastes by moving to safer alternatives;
\n\u2022 Minimise exposure to hazardous substances in products through efficient regulation;
\n\u2022 Publish data on consumption and waste generation to track the sustainability of our society.
\n\u2022 Work effectively with other State bodies such as Enterprise Ireland, IDA, SEAI, Bord Bia, HSE, to deliver on national resource efficiency targets.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

We Need to Live Better While Using Less \u2013 EPA Report Sets Out How to Break the Link Between Economic Growth and Environmental Impact Millions of Euro per year can be saved right across the economy and society if people use water, energy and raw materials in a better way – through efficient production processes […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":544,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[3,36,6,1],"tags":[204,230,228,229],"class_list":["post-543","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-business","category-environment","category-featured","category-news","tag-biznews","tag-econews","tag-economic-growth","tag-environmental-impact"],"yoast_head":"\nEconomic Growth and Environmental Impact<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"We Need 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