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In recent weeks, media reports have surfaced suggesting that environmental regulations around the nutrient pollution caused by building development may be reduced, representing an undeniable threat to waterways that are already under pressure. In response, The Rivers Trust has signed an open letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak led by Wildlife and Countryside Link, calling for these considerations around nutrient neutrality to be urgently stepped away from.

The Rivers Trust, the leading charity in Ireland, Northern Ireland & Great Britain dedicated to the conservation and restoration of rivers and their catchments, is calling for a complete ban in Ireland on the manufacture, sale, distribution, or free offer of single-use disposable vaping devices.

In a radio interview last October, Irish Minister of State Ossian Smyth was clear that single-use disposable vapes need to ​“be banned completely” because, as he has pointed out, they are an ​“example of an innovation that is really making the world a worse place