Seasonal Campaigns

On this page, seasonal environmental campaigns and resources will be hosted. Keep an eye on here for useful tips and tricks throughout the year. At the bottom of the page, previous campaigns will be archived for easy access if you would like to look back or plan ahead.

Circular Fashion: Clothes Swap and workshops

Date: April 9, 2025
Time: 11:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Location: UCD Village Building

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in partnership with UCD and facilitated by Change Clothes, are bringing Circular fashion to the County this Spring! Join us April 9th form 11am to 3pm at the UCD village Hub for our fashion circularity event.

Reinvigorate your wardrobe with the full circular Clothes Swap and learn new skills to tackle throwaway culture with two circular fashion skills workshops.

Clothes swap:

Swap will be running from 11am - 3pm int the UCD village building.
Bring up to 5 items of clothing (max) in good-new condition. Items must be washed beforehand

What is accepted:

Men, women's and unisex clothe, Hand bags + shoes
Items must be clean and in good-new condition. Items will be reviewed upon arrival and may be handed back to you if not suitable.

What is not accepted:

Anything with rips/stains/tears/holes, Jewellery, Kids clothes, Underwear, PJ's, and swim wear, Home wears

Circular Fashion Workshops:

There will be two sustainable fashion workshops to tackle fast fashion. Places are limited so book your place through the Eventbrite page

11:30am - DIY patching: Create a unique patch for your clothes from scrap material

12:30pm - Scraps to Hats: Make a bucket hat from scrap materials

Eventbrite booking link will be announced at a later date.

Archived Campaigns:

Autumn Campaigns

Ghoulishly Green Halloween Guide written on a graphic of Halloween Crafts along with the dlr logo and the SDG logo 12: Responsible Production and Consumption

Halloween is a time for creative costumes and spooky decorations, but it can also be a time of excessive waste. This year let’s exorcise that waste with some creative and sustainable tips that will make your Halloween celebrations both fun and environmentally friendly. The guide you will find on the bottom of this page is packed with fun, eco-friendly tips for teachers, parents and their kids to celebrate the season while being kind to our planet.

In the guide you find tips for:

Sustainable Decorations: summon bats from the remains of used egg cartons! Conjure spooky phantoms using loo roll!

Trick or Treating Tips: Create sustainable costumes, or swap with friends and use tote bags and pillowcases to fill up on treats.

Green Halloween Parties: Low waste games and what to do with your pumpkin post-Halloween.

Join us in making this Halloween a ghoulishly green one! For more detailed tips and ideas, check out our full Ghoulishly Green Halloween Guide. Happy Haunting! 🎃👻

Summer Campaigns

How to Reduce BBQ Food Waste

Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council, in partnership with thirteen other Local Authorities, have created a new summer food waste prevention campaign with Catherine Fulvio and the EPA's StopFoodWaste.ie.

Catherine Fulvio’s cookery demonstration videos illustrate how to make the most of food this summer. With more people choosing to BBQ this summer, Catherine shows how with a little bit of preparation and planning, you can cook an amazing BBQ for your guests while producing less food waste and taking time pressure off the host.

https://youtu.be/I5BXQD57I9Y

Did you know that a third of all food produced in Ireland is thrown away? Irish households produce over 250,000 tonnes of food waste per year, at a cost of €700 per household. Furthermore, wasted food creates between 8 and 10 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions per annum. Preparing too much food for a summer BBQ is a waste of food, time and money.

This social media campaign will begin with a premiere on Thursday 17th June at 8pm across the Facebook pages of dlr, StopFoodWaste and other Local Authorities. Catherine will have lots of hacks, ideas and recipe suggestions to share.

Please find the link to Dún Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council's Facebook page on the right of this webpage under 'Useful Links'.

Catherine Fulvio is delighted to be involved in this campaign as reducing food waste is something that she holds close to her heart.

“In this collaboration I am delighted to have teamed up a total of fourteen county councils to host a cookery demonstration sharing some easy delicious recipes and helpful hints on how to make the most of your food when having a BBQ and dining outdoors this summer and avoid food waste. My first golden rule when hosting a BBQ or outdoor summer dining is to think about how many people I will be entertaining and to plan the menu to ensure I have just enough food to satisfy all my guests. To enhance my guests’ overall experience I ensure they enjoy the food at it’s best; fresh from the fridge and hot off the BBQ!”

https://stopfoodwaste.ie/storage-cooking/bbq-without-food-waste

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