Schools stop 1.5m hitting landfills as new rules bite

O'Reilly said: "The incredible efforts of students, teachers, families and local communities will help ensure we meet the minimum recovery targets for materials like cobalt, copper, lead, lithium, and nickel. "This ensures these materials are recaptured for use again in manufacturing, as part of a more sustainable and circular battery economy.

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"Every year we see how collective action can achieve real results - and even the smallest schools, like Cloonfour National School, can make an outsized contribution." WEEE Ireland recently donated funds to the children's charity LauraLynn, bringing its total contribution to €610,000 since the partnership first began in 2016.