Plastic packaging is next
Cyprus is lagging behind and will find it difficult to reach targets The most important step in waste management is reducing waste or as...
waste
Cypriots produce over 600kg each in waste every year
Cyprus in 2020 ranked seventh highest in the EU in terms of the per capita production of municipal solid waste, according to just-released data. The...
Trash talk
Let’s talk about trash because the waste crisis is unfortunately thriving in Cyprus. With this in mind, City Friends Club is launching a new series...
House Passes ‘pay-as-you-throw’ law
The House on Thursday passed regulations relating to the management of municipal waste, including for the ‘pay-as-you-throw’ scheme. The pay-as-you-throw scheme, and the related obligations...
House environment committee to look at cost of municipal waste
The House environment committee on Wednesday said it would look at the costs borne by the public when it comes to municipal waste management by...
If the UN wants to slash plastic waste, it must tackle soaring plastic production – and why we use so much of it
By Sabrina Chakori, Ammar Abdul Aziz, Martin Calisto Friant and Russell Richards You pick up a piece of plastic litter from the beach, and...
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...
Paphos last in recycling in Europe as it doubles down on landfill
A recycling programme has yet to be implemented there: it is burying almost all its solid waste Recycling in Paphos is falling dismally short...
Coronavirus: Investigation launched into dumping of rapid test waste
Authorities are investigating how piles of used coronavirus rapid test kits ended up illegally dumped near a riverbed in Strovolos rather being properly disposed of...
Turning construction waste into something useful
A project in Cyprus aims to reduce and reuse the waste produced by the construction industry – and in the process, help to create safer...
