Our View: Pay-as-you-throw will only work if it’s fair
At an event to discuss the pay-as-you throw system on Wednesday night, Disy leader and House speaker Annita Demetriou highlighted how the lack of planning has stymied yet another green ...
Workers to protest over job losses in local government reform
Workers from the rubbish collection crews of Kokkinochoria will protest outside the interior ministry next Wednesday, it was reported on Monday.
Workers will express their “indignation and bitterness” over the ...
Two thirds of Cyprus will be ‘pay as you throw’ by year’s end
Almost two thirds of the Cyprus will be using the waste management scheme “Pay as you throw” by the end of the year, the environment department announced on Wednesday.
The ...
Expert warns local government reform is a mess
Huge gaps in planning and a lack of robust participation by the interior ministry bode ill for Cyprus’ implementation of local government reform, a Berlin-based consultant said on Wednesday.
“The ...
Limassol subsidises cost of rubbish bins
Limassol municipality is subsidising the purchase of 120-litre household bins throughout the city, as part of its effort to improve rubbish collection, it said on Thursday.
Residents can secure the ...
Waste collectors to protest saying understaffing puts their lives in danger
Paphos’ waste collectors will hold strike on Monday over the old fleet vehicles and ‘serious understaffing’ of the service which puts their ‘lives in danger’.
The workers decided to stage ...
Paphos municipality extends deadline for rubbish collection fees
The deadline for payment of 2022 rubbish collection fees has been extended for Paphos, the municipality announced on Tuesday.
The last day to pay, which would have been Wednesday, November 30, has ...
Quick solution sought for Koshi to avoid rubbish piling up on streets
The state is aiming for a quick-fix solution to the Koshi municipal waste deadline and will launch an open tender, as studies warned the current site is set to overflow ...