Cyprus will miss its environmental targets for 2020 and 2030
Cyprus is expected to miss its EU 2020 and 2030 environmental targets by large margins, a damning country report of the EU environmental implementation review
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Government to push pay as you throw rubbish scheme
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis wants to pass a new law on garbage collection fees by the end of the year based on the usage-pricing model
Biggest landfills finally close down
Thursday was the last day of operation for the Vati and Kotsiatis landfills and the environment department warned their long-overdue closure would increase the price
Kotsiatis, Vati rubbish dumps to close at the end of the month
The illegal landfills at Kotsiatis and Vati will finally close down at the end of February, the environment department of the agriculture ministry announced on
Nearly 80 per cent of rubbish still being dumped in landfills
Cyprus ranked second in per capita production of municipal solid waste among EU member states in 2016 while nearly 80 per cent of rubbish is
Four new ‘green points’ for Limassol district
The contract for the management of four ‘green points’ in the Limassol district have been signed and they are expected to start operating within a
Over 70 per cent of rubbish still dumped in landfills
The amount of rubbish thrown into landfills is unacceptable and the practice threatens to burden the state with large fines by the European authorities, Environment
Helector witness has ‘no idea’ about irregular waste invoices
A man who worked for a company cooperating with Helector – the operator of landfills in Paphos and Larnaca – denied in court on Monday
Tracking Europe’s waste: ‘There’s gold in them landfills’
Some of Europe’s richest deposits of valuable materials are in the trash, ranging from gold in smartphones to cobalt in electric car batteries, according to a survey
Report highlights environmental wrongdoings
An audit office report on the department of the environment has been highly critical of its handling of Natura 2000 areas and landfills and
EU allows more time to close down landfills
Cyprus will be given time to close down the illegal landfills in Vati and Kotsiatis, European Environment Commissioner Karmenu Vella said on Monday after meeting
Minister confident Cyprus will avoid EU landfill fine
Agriculture Minister Nicos Kouyialis said on Wednesday that the landfills at Kotsiatis and Vati would soon close thus ensuring the government should avoid being fined
Ministry official pleads guilty in landfill scandal
Interior ministry official Christakis Petrou on Wednesday pled guilty to taking kickbacks by waste-management company Helector Cyprus. Petrou is the third defendant in the bribery
Polluted Polemidia must be off limits
Water in the Polemidia reservoir in Limassol has been polluted by chemical waste from the nearby Vati landfill, and all water sports and fishing
Recycling blunder could see Cyprus lose out extension to landfill target
CYPRUS may lose out on EU ‘grace period’ to reach recycling targets due to miscalculation of the figures to date, a Cypriot ME said on
75 per cent of waste still ends up in landfills
Cyprus remains one of the EU countries with the highest amount of municipal waste, and 75 per cent of it ends up in landfills, the
Minister says landfills to close under proposal headed to cabinet
A proposal will be submitted to the cabinet by the end of October on waste management, that will see the closure of the landfills in
‘New waste management philosophy in Cyprus’
A new, European philosophy is being followed in waste management in Cyprus. The Department of Environment is paving the way forward with a new municipal
‘Cyprus needs to tackle organic waste’
Mandatory recycling, separation and collection of organic waste needs to be introduced in Cyprus, former Environment Commissioner and lecturer at the Cyprus University of Technology
Over 40 illegal dumps could land island in hot water with EU
By Constantinos Psillides RURAL communities’ insistence in dumping garbage at unlicensed landfills will result in Cyprus being slapped with a fine by the European Union
