#waste management

But much of the forthcoming legislation should have been passed and implemented years ago By Charalampos Theopemptou Plastic pollution is a worrying worldwide phenomenon, but when this is combined with ...

A Limassol-based organisation, armed with all the right equipment and work ethic, is leading the way in waste collection As a non-governmental organisation dedicated to keeping our cities and neighbourhoods ...

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 green light was given by ...

We are aiming for a 10 per cent reduction in landfill waste by 2035, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis said at an event held to celebrate Cyta’s fifth consecutive year as a “...

Not all residents following municipality’s pioneering pay-as-you throw scheme Thousands of residents in Aglandjia are not following the municipality’s pay-as-you-throw system, resulting in dozens of trash bags piling ...

By Charalampos Theopemptou The European Union has for a long time now been trying to reduce waste as part of the Circular Economy package and its long-standing policy to favour ...

Greens are up in arms following an announcement by Paphos municipality that a contract has been signed to create a new cell for storing trash at the Marathounda landfill. The ...

Green Dot’s recycling programme should cover 90 per cent of the population by 2023 the environment service said on Tuesday as it announced that the service will be extended to Voroklini ...

The government is drafting a bill that would introduce a small deposit return fee to help reduce waste, Agriculture Minister Costas Kadis told the House Environment Committee on Wednesday. He ...

The final part of the Cyprus Mail’s look at the environmental policies of the main political parties ahead of Sunday’s parliamentary elections focuses on their main priorities in ...

More than €1 billion will be allocated in Cyprus over the next five years for a speedy transition to a ‘green economy’, three government ministers said on Monday. In opening remarks ...

The public absolutely must learn how to recycle, a local environmental NGO said citing a huge increase in disposable waste production during the pandemic. Presenting the data analysis from the ‘...

Waste in Aglandjia has been reduced by 41 per cent with scheme The nationwide pay-as-you-throw scheme is due to be announced later this month but is already running in Aglandjia municipality, ...

President Nicos Anastasiades on Wednesday welcomed the upcoming introduction of a new bill on integrated waste management that includes a universal pay-as-you throw policy. The bill is set to pass ...