Pay-as-you-throw scheme passed by parliament
Parliament on Thursday passed legislation tweaking the Waste Law in such a way as to enable the activation on a nationwide basis of the ‘Pay-as-you-throw’...
Environment
Dali residents step up protests against asphalt plants
Dali residents gathered outside the environment department in Nicosia on Thursday morning in another protest against the two asphalt plants operating in their community. “The...
Bicommunal beach cleanup in Ayia Napa
Volunteers on Saturday collected over five kilos of cigarette ends, small plastics and fishing equipment from one kilometre of beach and seabed near Ayia Napa...
British police arrest 39 climate activists blocking Port of Dover
British climate change protesters on Friday temporarily blocked the Port of Dover, Europe’s busiest trucking port, and police arrested 39 people. About 40 activists from...
Cyprus and eight other EU Med states demand global climate action (Updated)
Leaders of the EU’s bloc of nine southern European members on Friday demanded urgent global action to combat a worsening climate crisis and build a...
Us and our home
Earth is the only planet known to us where we can live By Roberto Sciffo The blue planet, planet earth, is unique to our solar...
New directorate to manage environmental issues
The Council of Ministers decided on a restructuring of the framework for managing environmental issues in Cyprus, agriculture minister Costas Kadis said following a meeting...
Cyprus fifth highest in EU for emissions per capita
Cyprus has signed up to an EU push to combat climate change and its impacts, but figures released by Eurostat on Wednesday indicate that this...
Cypriot scientist receives recognition for environmental work
Cypriot scientist Dr Despina Serghides has won a place in the list of 12 internationally recognized “Life-Pioneers” in the section ‘Energy, Buildings and Sustainable Cities...
Cyprus will struggle to apply EU’s new carbon taxes
Implementing these policies and policing their application will be a logistical nightmare for the EU The European Commission (EC) announced on Wednesday its ‘Fit-for-55’ package,...
New eco-friendly lifeguard tower for Oroklini
A new eco-friendly lifeguard tower is being built in Oroklini, the community’s leader Neophytos Fakontis said on Tuesday. The tower will have sanitation facilities, electricity...
Green transition deal gets approval as EU mulls state aid for renewables
European Union countries on Monday approved the bloc’s flagship fund to wean them off fossil fuels and protect communities most affected, paving the way for...
Time running out on plastic ban
Businesses expect an extension to EU’s July 3 deadline to ban single-use plastics Business leaders have warned green-minded members of the public not to expect...
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...
President pledges ‘swift transition into a green economy’
President Nicos Anastasiades and agriculture minister Costas Kadis visited recycling unit Cyprus Environmental Industries on Wednesday in light of the government’s recently announced recovery and...
Protect turtles, fisheries department says ahead of nesting season
The fisheries department on Thursday said the sea turtle nesting season is starting soon and called on people to observe all measures in areas where...
Kadis welcomes rise in monk seal population
The endangered Mediterranean monk seal population has had its most significant increase ever recorded in Cyprus, Agriculture Costas Kadis said in Paphos on Thursday. Their...
Pay-as-you-throw ‘a motivation to change habits’ president says
President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming introduction of a new bill on integrated waste management that includes a universal pay-as-you throw policy. The...
The beauty of nature
For one local photographer, what can be seen in the great outdoors makes life worth living, although he fears the change inflicted on it by...
Ecologists call on Green Monday picknickers not to dump trash
The Green Party on Sunday called on people who plan to picnic on Green Monday to respect the environment when they are in the countryside...