Waste fires pose a very real danger
The waste management plant at Pentakomo is a flawed design and is not serving its purpose By Efi Xanthou These past weeks a new...
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Our View: Government disregards environment, public health at Vasiliko
The nine Vasiliko communities called off the dynamic measures they started on Wednesday, after receiving assurances that they would have a meeting with President Anastasiades,...
Fire service hits back at Kalavasos community leader comments
After the Kalavasos community leader accused the fire service of passivity in their response to the fire that broke out at the waste treatment plant...
Blockade of waste management site to begin on Wednesday
The federation of environment organisations on Tuesday gave full backing to Vasilikos communities as they prepare to step up protests over health and ecological risks...
‘Every wrong decision that could have been taken was taken’
The Pentakomo waste treatment plant has been a fiasco A litany of incompetence by technocrats and politicians, and dubious decision-making, has led to a major...
Post-mortem on dumped baby inconclusive, police say
The results of a post-mortem on a newborn’s body found at a Limassol waste management unit on Friday came back inconclusive, according to a police...
Pentakomo waste management workers announce strike
Workers of Pentakomo waste management facility on Thursday announced an indefinite strike from next Monday after the company failed to pay their salaries, they said....
Land appropriated for science park may be returned to owners
MPs heard on Tuesday that the state is now considering returning to their owners lands it previously appropriated to house a mooted tech-science park in...
British MEP calls for actions against Cyprus at European Parliament
British Liberal Democrat MEP Phil Bennion made a call at the European Parliament on Tuesday for action against Cyprus regarding the mismanagement of the solid...
Treatment plant still burying solid waste
The waste treatment plant at Pentakomo – processing the municipal refuse of the Limassol district – is still resorting to burying the vast majority of...
