Fifth fish for recycling placed on Cyprus beach
The ceremony to install the second ‘recycling fish’ of Limassol, a work of art to encourage recycling, took place in Ayios Tychonas on Friday, it...
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Business fined €2,000 for irregularities in recycling electronic equipment
Authorities fined a business €2,000 over irregularities during checks on companies recycling electronic equipment and discovered that another was illegally employing third country nationals, police...
Green Dot operating licence renewed
Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis on Friday renewed the operating licences of the recycling collecting companies Green Dot Cyprus and WEEE Cyprus for the second time,...
Green Dot recycling company returns to weekly collection
Green Dot on Thursday informed the Cyprus Mail that it has reviewed its decision on collection dates. It reported at the end of March it...
Recycling company refusing to collect our rubbish, says Famagusta village
Recycling company Green Dot came into the firing line on Monday as Frenaros community council called for the agriculture minister to mediate a spat between...
Underground recycling bins project to kick off in Larnaca
Larnaca municipality will begin operating 68 submerged recycling bins next month, located in 17 points around the town, mayor Andreas Vyras said on Tuesday. The...
Two tonnes of rubbish, 531 of recyclables collected from beaches
Two tonnes of rubbish and 531 tonnes of recyclables were collected by members of the responsible coastal business network under the programme Zero Waste Beach,...
Aglandjia switching to ‘pay as you throw’ next year
AGLANDJIA municipality will not be sending out rubbish bills as of next year, following a pilot ‘pay as you throw’ scheme it says will work...
Eleftheria Square project funding secure until 2023, EU official says (updated)
By Evie Andreou in Brussels As long as the protracted Nicosia Eleftheria Square project is completed by 2023, funding from Brussels should remain secure, and...
Kissonerga first for recycling in Paphos for third year
Kissonerga Community Council has been ranked first in recycling compared to all other local administration bodies in Paphos district for the third consecutive year. In...
Green point disposal working well, organisers say
Green points were launched in Cyprus more than a year ago and are proving to be a huge success for the disposal of household waste....
Reusing textbooks proves popular in Aglandjia school
By Kyriaki Christodoulou A mobile library `wanders` the yard of Fifth Primary School in Aglandjia in Nicosia, building environmental awareness through the recycling and reuse...
WEEE Cyprus has recycled 17,351 tons of electric and electronic appliances
By Evie Mitsidou Phillips WEEE Cyprus, the non-profit organisation set up for the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment has to-date recycled 17,351 tons...
Limassol launches two new environmental projects
Limassol municipality will start two new projects to encourage recycling and composting, the city’s mayor announced on Monday. One of them is a ‘Benefit as...
Eight in ten Cypriots recycle their batteries
Eight in ten Cypriots recycle batteries, president of the NGO Afis, Chris Christodoulou said on Wednesday He said the organisation, set up by the Cyprus...
Green points part of broader waste strategy, Kadis says
The establishment of a Green Point network in Cyprus is part of the government’s broader strategy for waste management, agriculture and environment minister Costas Kadis...
Artwork from rubbish calls for environmental protection
Students of a Kissonerga art studio have turned rubbish into a work of art, collecting plastic bottles and chalk and creating a giant pelican, the...
Over 300 tonnes of rubbish collected during Let’s Do It events
A whopping 260 tonnes of mixed garbage and 50 tonnes of recyclable materials were collected during April’s Let’s Do It! Cyprus campaign, by far surpassing...
Recycling Festival raises awareness through music, games and dance
The 9th Environment and Recycling Festival is ongoing in Nicosia and aims to raise the public’s awareness through music, games and dance. “We are here...
Volunteers collect three tonnes of recyclables after carnival (v)
Almost three tonnes of recyclable materials were collected by volunteers after the carnival parade in Limassol according to Friends of the Earth of Cyprus, organisers...
