Permit acquired for new recycling facility in Tseri
Green Dot Cyprus received a building permit for the development of a new waste management unit in the Tseri industrial area on Tuesday.
According to the organisation, the facility is ...
Coral Bay officially becomes a plastic-free beach
Coral Bay has officially been designated a plastic-free beach, becoming the ninth beach in Cyprus and the first within the boundaries of the Akamas municipality to receive the designation.
A ...
Global plastic pollution talks have stalled
By Steve Fletcher
United Nations-backed talks for a global treaty to end plastic pollution wrapped up without an agreement in the early hours of Sunday December 1. A new round of ...
10,000 coffee cups daily end up ‘on a big mountain of rubbish’
Looking at the chart of ‘coffee consumption by country’ at the World Population Review website – a slightly random chart, topped by Luxembourg and featuring such unexpected names as Belize and ...
Scientists reviewed 7,000 studies on microplastics. Their alarming conclusion puts humanity on notice
By Karen Raubenheimer
It’s been 20 years since a paper in the journal Science showed the environmental accumulation of tiny plastic fragments and fibres. It named the particles “microplastics”.
The ...
Plastic talks end without agreement on curbing production
By Valerie Volcovici
Negotiations on a future global treaty to tackle soaring plastic pollution wrapped up early on Tuesday without agreement on a proposal to consider sustainable plastic production limits.
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As plastic treaty talks open, countries more divided than ever
By Valerie Volcovici
Countries are under pressure to make progress on a first-ever global plastics treaty this week, but they face tense negotiations in the Canadian capital with parties deeply ...
The dangers hidden within everyday products
Endocrine disruptors: safeguarding our health and environment
By Christina Massaad
As residents of Europe, we are surrounded by a wealth of modern conveniences, from plastic containers and personal care products ...
Chemicals in paper straws underline need to ‘reduce single-use culture’
‘Forever’ chemicals harmful to both humans and the environment have been found in most brands of paper straws, Belgian researchers say.
Cyprus banned many single-use plastic items such as plastic ...
Plastic recycling in focus as treaty talks get underway in Paris
By Valerie Volcovici
As talks start this week on a global plastics treaty, debate is emerging between countries wanting to limit the production of more plastics and the petrochemical industry ...
Bottle caps make up most of the beach rubbish, EU sponsored study shows
The average density of litter on Cyprus beaches is 0.2 items per square metre, a bi-communal study showed.
The data on beach litter, available from the European Marine Observation and Data ...
Environmental NGO installs new water refill station
The Dasoudi area of Limassol got its own water refill station this week, the fourth water station installed as part of the Refill Cyprus project.
Launched by the volunteer environmental ...
Plastic packaging is next
Cyprus is lagging behind and will find it difficult to reach targets
The most important step in waste management is reducing waste or as the EU puts it, taking measures ...
The newest fronts in climate-change-related legal battles
By Clark Mindock
Climate change-related litigation has more than doubled in the past seven years globally according to a June report by the London School of Economics, and is moving ...
Artificial lawns: where the grass is always green
They use a lot of plastic, so why are they so popular?
“One garden with artificial grass is equivalent to 950,000 plastic straws,” a post by website the Grass People warned ...
My kids don’t know the sea isn’t supposed to be full of plastic
Iole Damaskinos asks why we deserve the coveted Blue Flag award for so many of our beaches when they are devoid of marine life and awash in plastic
And just ...
Cyprus beaches at high risk from plastic pollution
As one of the most populated in the Mediterranean, the island already suffers from the consequences of marine pollution
By Anastasis Karonias
Pollution from marine litter is among the most ...
Putting a stop to plastic pollution
By Victoras Pallikaras
As the world’s capacity to deal with the fast-rising supply of disposable plastic goods becomes overwhelmed, plastic pollution has emerged as one of the most urgent ...
Let’s Make Cyprus Green recognised for its work
A Cyprus project has been voted ‘Best Youth Initiative’ for Ocean Conservation in the EU4Ocean Awards. The Refill Cyprus project, created by Let’s Make Cyprus Green (LMCG), aims ...
Cyprus has tools to become a destination that respects environment
Cyprus has all the tools to become a destination that respects the environment, Deputy Minister of Tourism Savvas Perdios said on Wednesday, adding that recent Eurostat statistics show that around 38 ...
Event in Protaras to address plastic usage in tourism industry
By Andrea Charalambous
As part of the project ‘Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free’ an event will take place on Wednesday, June 1 at Malama Beach Holiday Village, Protaras.
The ...
If the UN wants to slash plastic waste, it must tackle soaring plastic production – and why we use so much of it
By Sabrina Chakori, Ammar Abdul Aziz, Martin Calisto Friant and Russell Richards
You pick up a piece of plastic litter from the beach, and get a small buzz. You’ve ...
Tackling plastic pollution in the Med
Addressing plastic solution and the impact of plastics in the Mediterranean are at the focus of the Plastic Waste Free Islands Med Final Event (PWFI) being organised in Nicosia on ...
Plastics clampdown is key to climate change fight, EU environment chief says
Progressive reduction of fossil fuel-based plastics is crucial to tackling climate change, the EU‘s top environmental official said, ahead of a United Nations meeting to launch talks on a ...