US ambassador calls for tackling waste management at source
Waste management is something that needs to be tackled at the source, said US ambassador, Judith Garber, marking International Coastal CleanUp Day in Larnaca on...
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Huge island wide clean-up campaign gets underway
An island wide clean-up campaign was launched by Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis in Anavargos village in Paphos on Friday. The campaign, “See it clearly,” is...
Third clean-up of Pedieos riverbed on Sunday
More Nicosia-based volunteers will clean-up Pedieos riverbed for the third week in a row on Sunday. Four mattresses and a full bath set including a...
No tourists but large amounts of trash on Lady’s Mile beach
A larger-than usual amount of trash was collected at a Limassol beach even after a summer without tourists, data from a recent beach clean-up revealed...
Video released of sea-cave clean-up
A video was released on Wednesday recording the cleaning last year by staff of the department of fisheries and marine research of the Sea Caves in...
Chlorakas clean-up organised for Saturday
The Chlorakas cultural environmental group is organising a cleaning campaign for the archaeological sites of the area, it announced on Friday. The campaign will take...
‘Nature is not a rubbish dump’
Confronting the unchecked throwing of rubbish in areas of nature is an issue both for our way of life and the law, environment commissioner Ioanna...
Nicosia municipality announces second clean-up for 2019
The second clean-up campaign for 2019 has already started, the Nicosia municipality announced on Thursday. The free collection of trimmings and other large items of...
Volunteers to clean up Akamas after extreme weather
A group of volunteers will carry out the first clean-up of the year in the Akamas this coming weekend in the wake of the recent...
Nicosia municipality launches annual clean-up
Nicosia municipality on Tuesday announced its latest clean-up campaign, a free collection of trimmings and other large items of waste, which will start on October...
€100,000 approved to clean up Limassol coastal areas
Limassol Mayor Nicos Nicolaides said on Sunday the government had approved a €100,000 to combat marine pollution around the coastal city. Nicolaides announced the move...
Seabed clean-up in Limassol
The association of divers in Cyprus on Sunday organised a seabed clean-up in Limassol, east of the port. Similar clean-ups have already taken place in...
Biggest-ever clean-up campaign in Cyprus
Around 35,000 volunteers “of all ages” took part in the Let’s Do It Cyprus islandwide clean-up campaign on Sunday the office of Environment Commissioner Ioanna...
20kg of rubbish removed from Meneou beach
Around 20kg of rubbish was collected during a beach clean-up organised by Hermes airports with the participation of students of the Saint Lazarus special school...
Plastic tops list of beach rubbish
Around 80 per cent of rubbish on Cyprus’ beaches collected by the youth wing of the Green Party last year comprised plastics, followed by cigarette...
Paphos warns of charges if landowners don’t clean up
Paphos municipality is urging landowners to clear areas of all weeds and waste materials in the next few weeks, or face removal costs. The announcement...
Around 15,000 head out to clean up Cyprus in ‘biggest environmental event ever’
Some 15,000 people turned out on Sunday to take part in the ‘Let’s do it Cyprus’ clean-up campaign all over the island, Environment Commissioner Ioanna...
Let’s do it Cyprus campaign kicks off early with port clean-up
The ‘Let’s do it Cyprus’ clean-up campaign kicked off a week early on Sunday with divers clearing rubbish from the sea at the old port...
Paphos grapples with new order of things
By Bejay Browne OVER THE past two months, Paphos Mayor Phedonas Phedonos has, according to some, brought about radical changes with his zero-tolerance clean-up, earning...
Oroklini lake clean-up
As part of the LIFE project for the Restoration and management of Oroklini Lake, the Voroklini Community Council is organising this Sunday a volunteer clean-up...