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...
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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...
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...
Keeping beaches plastic free
An exhibition of photographs at the Thalassa Museum in Ayia Napa on Monday night celebrated the island’s beauty while driving home the urgent need to...
Lordos aids Cyprus University sea cleaning campaign
Lordos plastics donated €1,300 to the University of Cyprus to aid their sea cleaning campaign at a ceremony on Wednesday. More than 150kg of disposable...
Water refill station opens, hopes to help cut plastic waste
A water refill station has been unveiled in Limassol, which allows people to reduce plastic pollution by making it easier to reuse and refill bottles...
80 per cent of rubbish on Cyprus beaches is plastic
Every minute about 33,800 objects of plastic waste end up in the waters of the Mediterranean while about 80 per cent of the waste collected...
Campaign to eliminate single-use plastic
“Keep our Sand and Sea Plastic Free”, is the message of the initiative launched to encourage businesses and community groups to eradicate single-use plastic from...
NGOs in Yeroskipou beach clean-up push for less plastic on Cyprus beaches
Over 2,000 cigarette butts were collected from a Yeroskipou beach on Wednesday as part of a NGO campaign to push for the reduction of use...
Scourge of marine pollution in focus
By Bejay Browne A PILOT programme to raise awareness and collect data of marine pollution is underway in Paphos. The pilot scheme started a week...
