Fast fashion is destroying the planet
The fashion industry currently contributes 10 per cent of all carbon emissions By Panayiotis Kleanthous As I was strolling around the streets of London on...
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How a concrete alternative can cut emissions, resource use and waste
By Aliakbar Gholampour Building materials and construction generate about 20% of global greenhouse gas emissions. Much of these emissions are due to the environmentally unfriendly...
Weavers recycle shopping bags to shield Spanish village from sun
By Guillermo Martinez and Isabel Infantes The sun beats down on the narrow streets of the Spanish village of Valverde de la Vera, filtered through...
Recycling of house waste could be made legal requirement
Recycling of household waste could become a legal requirement if a proposal before the House Environment Committee on Wednesday is given the go-ahead. Committee chairman...
Recycling on the increase across the island
Cypriots are getting better at managing household waste, particularly when it comes to recycling, but there is room for improvement, waste management company Green Dot...
Limassol seeks to improve its recycling record
Limassol, a laggard in recycling, is launching a new campaign to encourage residents to separate and recycle their household waste. Mayor Nicos Nicolaides told a...
Cyprus produced 543,000 tonnes of solid waste in 2020
By Kyriaki Christodoulou Cyprus produced 543,000 tonnes of solid waste in 2020, down 4.9 per cent on the 571,000 the previous year, the Cyprus News...
Free items available at Limassol green points
Items taken to green points which can be reused are available to the public for free, the Limassol waste management council announced on Wednesday. Such...
€8.871m in EU funds for Cyprus waste management plan
The EU will help finance a waste management project in Cyprus aiming to improve the infrastructure and collection systems for recyclable and biodegradable waste. The...
Paphos goes ‘door to door’ with new recycling app
Paphos municipality and Green Dot Cyprus have partnered up to encourage recycling and provide Paphos town and its suburbs with a ‘door to door’ environmentally...
