THE Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is offering to help businesses in Limerick reduce overheads by encouraging firms to adopt “smarter, greener ways of doing business” as part of the National Prevention Programme.

With energy costs, and waste and water charges increasing, businesses and other organisations are starting to look at varied ways of tackling the issue.

To help businesses achieve this aim, the National Waste Prevention Programme, has funded and developed the online website www.greenbusiness.ie.

It’s a free business advisory service that represents an innovative approach to waste prevention and resource efficiency in Ireland.

Greenbusiness.ie is aimed primarily at small and medium sized enterprises, public bodies and other organisations.
“Businesses will benefit from using greenbusiness.ie by making cash savings through decreased waste handling and disposal charges, reduced energy and water bills and more effective use of raw materials. Over time, businesses will be able to track for themselves their improvements and benchmark themselves against other businesses or similar organisations,” said Dr Gerry Byrne, EPA Chairperson of the National Waste Prevention Committee.
Using greenbusiness.ie, a business or organisation will be able to: quantify and record the amount of waste generated and the associated costs of its management; quantify and record how much water is used, and its cost; identify and record the amount of energy used and the associated costs; create an individual account to store this information and monitor progress towards reduced costs; in confidence, compare their performance with other businesses, and monitor and improve it over time.
The specialist advisors will prepare a bullet point action plan highlighting short, medium and long-term actions and an estimate of potential cost savings.
To avail of this free service please go to www.greenbusiness.ie or contact the helpline on 01-813-1086.

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