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 ...
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 protect the sea from ...
Push to curb plastics use on cruise ships
By Stavros Nikolaou
The deputy ministry of shipping and Cypriot scientists are joining forces to develop greater environmental awareness about plastic pollution from cruise ships.
According to an announcement, the ...
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 plastics have been removed at a 10...
Philippine ‘river warriors’ fight tide of trash for cleaner future
By Adrian Portugal and Peter Blaza
Each morning, a group of Filipinos rakes up piles of trash on the banks of one of the world’s most polluted rivers, filling ...
Recycling for dummies, it’s trickier than you think
But as pay-as-you-throw approaches, there’s no avoiding it. We all have to learn
Are you one of the 88 per cent of people in Cyprus who believe it’s a ...
Cyprus behind on EU legislation to ban some single-use plastics from July
Local legislation pertaining to an EU directive set to come into force in July that declares war on 10 single-use plastic items is not ready yet, Greens leader Charalambous Theopemptou has ...
Hotels taking part in pilot programme to reduce plastics
The Cyprus Hotel Association (Pasyxe) on Friday announced its participation in a pilot programme for the reduction of single-use plastics (SUPs) in tourism.
The project, “Reducing the Consumption and Disposal ...
Free drinking water, but please use reusable bottles
It started with a refill station at Yermasoyia and is now spreading to other municipalities around the island
By Eleni Kazelas
Last Monday, March 22, was World Water Day, and to ...
Consumers urged to reduce plastic use by refusing to buy unnecessary products
Consumers can minimise the use of plastics by refusing to purchase unnecessary products, the Cyprus Consumers’ Association said on Friday.
In a written statement, the association highlighted the consumers’ role ...