Green Dot operating licence renewed
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Friday renewed the operating licences of the recycling collecting companies Green Dot Cyprus and WEEE Cyprus for the second time,...
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Green Dot recycling company returns to weekly collection
Green Dot on Thursday informed the Cyprus Mail that it has reviewed its decision on collection dates. It reported at the end of March it...
Recycling company refusing to collect our rubbish, says Famagusta village
Recycling company Green Dot came into the firing line on Monday as Frenaros community council called for the agriculture minister to mediate a spat between...
Packaging recycling company says collecting single-use plastic is not its job
Waste collection company Green Dot Cyprus (GDC) has published a post on Facebook urging the public to stop disposing of single-use plastics in its rubbish...
Recycling Festival raises awareness through music, games and dance
The 9th Environment and Recycling Festival is ongoing in Nicosia and aims to raise the public’s awareness through music, games and dance. “We are here...
Recycling collected from homes increases by five per cent
The amount of household packaging collected by Green Dot for recycling increased by five per cent in 2018 compared to the year before, it was...
Fifteen Paphos municipalities and communities participate in recycling system
Fifteen municipalities and communities in the Paphos District are participating in the packaging recycling system managed by Green Dot, the head of the union of...
Over 56,000 tonnes of packaging recycled in 2017
Last year, more than 56,200 tonnes of packaging were recycled, some 135 per cent over contractual obligations, Green Dot Cyprus said on Wednesday. “The year...
‘Remarkable change’ in public perception of recycling
There have been “remarkable changes” in the public’s perception of recycling, Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Thursday. Speaking at the final conference of the...
Green Dot to lower charges
GREEN Dot Cyprus, the publicly owned recycling company, said on Thursday it was lowering its charges on the recycling of packaged consumer waste by five...
Recycling will progress too slowly without legislative measures, Green Dot says
Progress achieved in recycling in 2016 was significant, Green Dot general manager Kyriakos Parpounas said on Wednesday in an interview with the Cyprus...
Cypriots sensitive to waste management but do little, study finds
Cypriots say they are sensitive to environmental issues, but do little to reduce and reuse their waste and don’t care where their waste ends up,...
Recycling collection up, but still ‘outside comfort zone’ for most Cypriot households
Green Dot said on Tuesday said it collected 51,000 tonnes of waste last year, compared with 46,885 in 2014, an increase of 9 per cent....
Forthcoming EU waste legislation to bring about changes in products and infrastructure, expert tells CNA
Forthcoming amendments in EU legislation concerning waste will bring about a series of changes in how products are designed, making it easier to recycle, reuse...
Paphos clean-up campaign embraced by residents
A campaign to undo irregularities and tear down illegal structures in Paphos is proceeding well and being increasingly embraced by the public, mayor Phedonas Phedonos...
Green Dot to resume collections
Green Dot Cyprus will begin collecting recyclable waste in Paphos after months of standoff, the company announced on Friday. Following a meeting between Agriculture Minister...
Green Dot called to immediately resume collections in Paphos
THE Environment Department has called on Green Dot Cyprus to immediately recommence the collection of recyclable waste in Paphos. In a letter to Green Dot,...
Union of municipalities ends negotiations with Green Dot
The Union of Cyprus Municipalities said on Tuesday it was terminating collective negotiations with recycling non-profit organisation Green Dot Cyprus, leaving it up to individual...
Green Dot board to resign… next month
GREEN Dot’s board members will hand their letters of resignation to the company shareholders during a general meeting set to take place next month, chairman...
More flack for Green Dot over promotion campaigns
RECYCLING non-profit organisation Green Dot Cyprus received a state subsidy to the tune of €1.3m from 2009 to 2011 in order to carry out an...
