#waste
Local
Proposal for establishing task force tackling environmental crime
By the end of 2024, the establishment of the Environmental Controls Sector is recommended, with responsibilities for inspections in...
Dark Room
Rubbish dump
Just before the roundabout of the mall in Latsia, heading from the Kalispera lights towards the mall, if you...
Local
Fire at illegal dumpsite suffocating Liopetri and Avgorou
The situation in the Liopetri-Avgorou area is suffocating, as according to reports, smoke from the burning of waste at...
Economy
Parliament misled over 2019 tax legislation, audit office reveals
The Audit Office requests a disciplinary investigation from the Ministry of Finance regarding the misleading, as it characterises, statements...
World
EU provisionally agrees on law to cut packaging waste
The European Union has reached a provisional deal on a new law to cut packaging waste and ban single-use...
Local
MP warns of recycling policy failures
Cyprus and, by extension, taxpayers will find themselves in a difficult situation when the EU notices what we're not...
Local
Government agencies collaborate for industrial zone safety
Over the past few years, there has been a significant increase in high-risk waste management facilities such as recyclables,...
Local
Pay As You Throw for 67% of the population
By the end of 2024, Cyprus is set to revolutionise its waste management system by introducing the "Pay As...
Local
673kg waste per inhabitant in 2022 in Cyprus
In 2022, the total quantity of municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus amounted to 615 thousand tonnes compared to...
Local
When will the ‘Pay As You Throw’ system start?
The 'Pay As You Throw (PAYT)' waste management system will start being implemented across Cyprus on June 30, 2024,...
Local
Waste collection fees to increase, Egkomi Mayor warns
Zacharias Kyriakou, the Mayor of Egkomi, warned that the implementation of the Local Government reform will increase waste collection...
Local
The hidden costs of illegal waste dumping
Every year hundreds of thousands of tons of waste from excavations, constructions, and demolitions are scattered in open spaces...
Local
Contractors turn areas into waste sites [PHOTOS]
Contractors, either tasked with building roads or active in the construction sector, have transformed several areas in Cyprus into...
