The future of refillable and reusable packaging is happening now
By Anastasia Korae The triple planetary crises – climate change, pollution and biodiversity loss – are now widely acknowledged as real and existing threats to...
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Our View: Government must deal with the NIMBY mentality
Nine communities of the Vasiliko area will stage a protest on Tuesday by closing the Pentakomo waste treatment plant indefinitely. A statement issued by the...
Effects of climate change becoming more apparent in Cyprus, commissioner says
The effects of climate change in Cyprus are becoming all the more apparent, Environment Commissioner Maria Panayiotou said on Saturday, marking World Earth Day. “Protecting...
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....
Why the world needs a deal to protect its oceans
By Jack Graham Delegates from up to 193 UN member states are meeting in New York this week in an effort to wrap up negotiations...
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...
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...
Groundwater and sea water pollution causing ‘environmental disaster’ in north
Years of unplanned building without the necessary infrastructure has led to wastewater runoff polluting underground reservoirs and the sea in Trikomo, Turkish Cypriot newspaper Yeniduzen...
Slovakia scrambles to stem polluted water that turned Slana River orange
By Krisztina Fenyo and Krisztina Than Polluted water flowing from an iron ore mine in eastern Slovakia has turned the Slana River orange, killing fish...
Commission sends reasoned opinions to Cyprus on pollutants, RES
The European Commission has sent four reasoned opinions to Cyprus, one step before the case could be referred to the Court of Justice of the...
