(Story by Evie Mitsidou Phillips) One year after the implementation of regulations forbidding the free use of thin plastic bags, their use has dropped by around 80%, Environment Department Technician Elena Christodoulidou has told Cyprus News Agency, noting at the same time that the possibility of a complete ban is under review. In statements to …
Monaco, 17 June 2019. During the summer 2019, the Agreement on the Conservation of Cetaceans of the Black Sea, Mediterranean Sea and contiguous Atlantic Area (ACCOBAMS), will work with Black Sea party countries to carry out the largest survey ever of marine megafauna in the region. A semi-enclosed sea, with distinctive geographical features and very …
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Urban waste production in Cyprus in 2017 has remained significantly higher than the EU average, while at the same time, the waste treatment by the method of landfill has increased since 2016, says Environment Commissioner Ioanna Panayiotou. In a press release Panayiotou referred to findings by the European Commission which did a country report about …
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Cyprus participates in the “Let`s Do It! World ” campaign for the reduction of global waste. The campaign titled “Let`s Do It! Cyprus“ will take place between 2-7 April. A big event is planned on April 7 at Athalassa Park in Nicosia. The “Let`s Do It! Cyprus ” is being held on the island since 2012 …
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Students from the Special School of Ayios Spyridonas, in Larnaca, aim for Cyprus to be the first country in the EU to say no to the use of plastic straws in practice. They tour the island on a bus, performing a play which sends the message: “Say no to plastic straws”. Today’s stop was the …
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European Commission’s policy on single-use plastic will most probably work because there is a broad consensus and public awareness, Patrick Wegerdt from the DG Environment, has told the Cyprus News Agency. «There are different elements on our policy about plastic in general and there’s specifically a strategy on single-use plastic. I think it is going …
A couple’s love for a Limassol beach has led them to set up a social network movement, soon to become an NGO, through which they organise beach clean-ups, raise environmental awareness and sell reusable products of their own design, Eleni Kazelas, one of the protagonists behind “Let’s Make Cyprus Green” tells CNA, in an interview. …
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AKTI Project and Research Centre in Cyprus has launched the project “ZERO WASTE BEACH” in an attempt to tackle sea pollution. In the framework of the project various activities will take place in cooperation and coordination with dozens of enterprises. The project is supported by COCA-COLA Company. A press release says that these enterprises, such …
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On July 1st, Cyprus introduced a plastic bag levy. Consumers now will have to pay a levy of 5 cents plus 19% VAT per plastic bag , in the framework of the island`s harmonisation with an EU Directive, aiming at protecting the environment from plastic. The Department of Environment, of the Ministry of Agriculture, Rural …
The National Parliaments bear a collective responsibility for the ratification of agreements on the protection of the environment and should also assure that these agreements are implemented, MP Charalampos Theopemptou has said. The Cyprus Greens Parliamentarian as rapporteur of the 2nd Standing Committee on Economic, Social and Environmental Cooperation of the Parliamentary Assembly of the …