House passes outright ban on plastic bags
Parliament on Thursday passed regulations banning outright the use of carrier plastic bags – such as those used in supermarkets and kiosks. The regulations passed...
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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...
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...
