(story by Fanitsa Zanettou – Edited in English by Evie Phillips) A total of 68 submerged bins for recycling materials are expected to operate in Larnaka`s seaside area aiming to service producers of large amounts of waste. In statements to CNA, Larnaka Mayor Andreas Vyras said that “we paid particular attention in completing this specific […]
(Story by Evie Mitsidou Phillips of Cyprus News Agency) We need to stop net CO2 emissions otherwise “we are going to fry”, Joanna Haigh, former co-Director of the Grantham Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at Imperial College London, climate physicist, has warned. Haigh delivered a lecture, on Tuesday evening, hosted at the Cyprus
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(press release by BirdLife Cyprus, issued Dec 17, 2019) Brussels may have just sent Nicosia a warning over inadequate protection of Natura 2000 sites, but Cyprus seemingly ‘couldn’t care less’ and is giving the green light to a huge new development on Akrotiri Peninsula. This new development concerns the licensing of 78 building plots at
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Cyprus will be organising the 9th Ministerial Conference of the United Nations Economic Commission for Europe (UNECE). The decision was taken unanimously during a meeting of the Committee for Environmental Policy (CEP), of UNECE, by the 56 member states of the UNECE region. The Conference will be held in Cyprus from November 3 to
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Τhe Mediterranean region is described by the scientists as the hot spots of the hot spots. The situation as regards the rise of the temperature and the rise of the water is more than dramatic. According to a study dated October 2019, carried out by MedECC – the network of Mediterranean Experts on Climate
Two tonnes of garbage and 531 tonnes of recyclable garbage were collected during the Zero Waste Beach campaign by AKTI Project and Research Center and Coca-Cola in Cyprus, with the support of the Coca-Cola Foundation. Moreover five tonnes of garbage were recycled within three months in 50 PMD bins donated in the framework of the
Story by Stavros Koniotis (Cyprus News Agency) Dealing with the problem of uncontrollable rubbish dumping is both a matter of culture and legislation, Cypriot Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou has told the Cyprus News Agency (CNA). A cleaning campaign at the bed of the Kouris dam in Limassol district, took place, on Sunday. The event was
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(Story by Fanitsa Zanettou, translated in English by Rebekah Gregoriades) The installation of submerged bins along the beachfront of Mackenzie in Larnaca, Cyprus, has begun and is expected to be completed by the end of August, with neighbouring Piale Pasha next in line for September. Larnaca Mayor Andreas Vyras told Cyprus News Agency that works
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(story by Thalia Neophytou) The Minister of Agriculture, Rural Development and Environment Costas Kadis said he will enable municipalities to impose severe penalties on polluters of open spaces and will create new green points in Nicosia district, to support the adjustment of local authorities to the new way of waste management in Cyprus, after the
Six hundred and fifty kilos of waste were collected from the coastline and from the seabed during the `Zero Waste Beach` campaign between May-July 2019. According to a press release, a total of four cleaning campaigns took place at the sea bottom and 17 along the coastline of the island. The program is being implemented
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