Cabinet approves ban on disposable plastic carrier bags
The cabinet on Tuesday decided to ban all disposable thin plastic carrier bags at points of sale to protect the environment from plastic waste. Following...
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Year after introducing charge plastic bag use drops 80 per cent
One year after the handing out of free plastic bags in shops was banned the use of them has dropped by 80 per cent, the...
Ayios Athanasios backs plastic bag campaign
By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou Ayios Athanasios municipality in Limassol will launch a campaign next month to reduce plastic bag usage and raise awareness. The municipality made...
Plastic bag use falls by huge margin following introduction of new laws
By Christophe Hadjigeorgiou New laws on plastic bags have cut usage by as much as 85 per cent, the Cyprus employers and industrialists federation (OEB)...
Bag charge wasn’t unpopular after all
By Annette Chrysostomou With the plastic bag charge now two weeks old, it may seem surprising that some of those cashiers and kiosks owners...
Charge for plastic bags takes effect on Sunday
From Sunday consumers will have to buy plastic bags for five cents or bring their own bags to carry their shopping from supermarkets, Environment Commissioner...
Little sign of urgency over plastic bag charge
A law introducing charges for plastic bags is just a few weeks away from coming into force on July 1, but environmentalists complain far too...
News podcast: how Cyprus mismanages its waste strategies
The Cyprus News Digest, in collaboration with the Cyprus Mail brings you an in-depth analysis of some of the latest developments in international and local...
Bill on plastic bags was rushed through without enough debate, Theopemptou says
No thorough discussion has taken place on the bill on plastic bags, which provides for a charge of 5 cents beginning in July because the...
Shops ignoring plastic bag ban
A new law forbidding the handing out of free plastic bags in supermarkets came into effect on January 1, but when supermarkets reopened on Wednesday...
Bills to introduce charges for plastic bags heading to plenum
Bills on plastic bag levies, harmonising Cyprus’ legislation with that of the EU, will head to plenum, House Environment Committee chairman Adamos Adamou said on...
Cyprus warned again over plastic-bag usage
Cyprus has infringed two EU directives and may face legal action for it if it does not take the necessary steps, the EU commission said...
Earth hour to be marked around Cyprus on Saturday night
THE Green party, along with the municipalities of Nicosia and Paphos, are organising two major events to mark the annual Earth Hour on Saturday...
Cyprus plastic bag levy just a matter of time
By Annette Chrysostomou This week, England, the last hold-out in the UK, introduced a 5p charge on plastic bags for shoppers, at least in big...
Our View: Charging only way to cut down on plastic bags
SHOPPERS in England, since last Monday, have been paying 5p for plastic carrier bags, as part of a government scheme to reduce litter and protect...
4,000 cotton shopping bags for Yeroskipou residents
Yeroskipou municipality in the Paphos District is expecting to receive 4,000 cotton bags, which will be given to households as an incentive to stop using...
Mayor orders cotton bags for all in Yeroskipou
By Annette Chrysostomou IN a pioneering move, Yeroskipou municipality has ordered 3,500 cotton bags for its citizens in an effort to reduce the use of...
‘Say no to plastic bags’ environmentalists urge
ON average every Cypriot uses a minimum of 125 plastic bags per year, Dr Maria Dodou, head of the Institute for the Environment and Sustainable...
Days numbered for plastic bags
By Poly Pantelides CYPRUS will soon be expected to reduce the use of plastic bags, a tall task for the island whose authorities have no...