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The government’s plans to introduce a new landfill tax have cast a spotlight on Cyprus’ troubled waste management system, with Ecologists Movement MP Charalambos Theopemptou describing the situation as “...

The landfill tax will be reduced from €35 to €10 per tonne and is set to increase by €5 annually starting in 2028, Agriculture Minister Maria Panayiotou said on Wednesday. “The €5 increase will be ...

Aglandjia Mayor Andreas Constantinou on Friday criticised the state for failing to promote the pay-as-you-throw (PAYT) waste scheme, for which his municipality was a pioneer. “Aglandjia is being punished for ...

Aglandjia’s new ‘pay anyway’ scheme is about to defeat the purpose of its flagship recycling Pay As You Throw, as aggrieved residents are trying to find ways to make ...

At an event to discuss the pay-as-you throw system on Wednesday night, Disy leader and House speaker Annita Demetriou highlighted how the lack of planning has stymied yet another green ...

Cyprus has no means whatsoever of handling its waste stream, even if its collection was to be financed, experts and municipal officers admitted this week. Their statements come in the ...

A few weeks before the ‘pay as you throw’ scheme was scheduled to come in to force, Akel issued a statement arguing that its introduction should be put on hold ...

A roadmap for the future of the “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, was agreed ...

Launching the ‘pay as you throw’ scheme at present is unrealistic and the project must be postponed until all necessary research has been carried out – including how the collected waste ...

The “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, will cost each consumer between €150 and €250 per year, ...

A touted “pay as you throw” waste management programme is close to implementation, perhaps as early as next year, according to Environment Department director Elena Stylianopoulou on Thursday. “Its main ...

The “pay as you throw” scheme, wherein people are forced to pay for special issue rubbish bags to have their rubbish collected, is to be expanded to 12 new municipalities and ...

Almost two thirds of the Cyprus will be using the waste management scheme “Pay as you throw” by the end of the year, the environment department announced on Wednesday. The ...

The proposed reform on waste management – the “pay as you throw” scheme – is expected to result in an annual increase of approximately €140 per person across Cyprus. This reform, which is ...

Larnaca municipality said on Tuesday it will introduce a Pay as You Throw waste management programme. The announcement came as the municipality, which now encompasses Larnaca, Livadia and Oroklini, signed ...

The House on Thursday passed regulations relating to the management of municipal waste, including for the ‘pay-as-you-throw’ scheme. The pay-as-you-throw scheme, and the related obligations of all municipal authorities, will ...

A ‘pay-as-you-throw’ system, designed to promote recycling and reduce waste, will make Cyprus greener and save people money, Green party MP Charalambos Theopemptou told the Cyprus Mail on Friday. But ...

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’ system designed to promote recycling. ...

Not all residents following municipality’s pioneering pay-as-you throw scheme Thousands of residents in Aglandjia are not following the municipality’s pay-as-you-throw system, resulting in dozens of trash bags piling ...

The government is drafting a bill that would introduce a small deposit return fee to help reduce waste, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told the House Environment Committee on Wednesday. He ...

Five months after the implementation of the ‘pay as you throw’ waste management system, Aglandjia municipality has reduced its rubbish by 1,396 tonnes, the municipality said on Saturday. In a written ...

Waste in Aglandjia has been reduced by 41 per cent with scheme The nationwide pay-as-you-throw scheme is due to be announced later this month but is already running in Aglandjia municipality, ...

There is not enough time to pass the pay-as-you-throw bill before parliament dissolves for elections in May, but this won’t stop it from being implemented, House environment committee head ...

But as pay-as-you-throw approaches, there’s no avoiding it. We all have to learn Are you one of the 88 per cent of people in Cyprus who believe it’s a ...