Kyriaki Christodoulou - Cyprus News Agency (CNA)

Studied Communications Arts-Journalism and has been working as an editor/journalist since 1999. Has extensive experience in radio, as an editor and news announcer. Now working as an editor/journalist at Cyprus News Agency, reporting in Greek/English on politics/international news/environment.

We rushed to pass a bill on plastic bags without a detailed debate, Cypriot MP says

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No thorough discussion has taken place on the bill on plastic bags, which provides for a charge of 5 cents beginning of July 2018, and which the government had tabled at the eleventh hour and the House of Representatives rushed to pass it, Cyprus Greens Parliamentarian Charalambos Theopemptou has told the Cyprus News Agency. Cyprus …

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Small increase in municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus in 2016

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Τhe total amount of municipal solid waste generated in Cyprus in 2016 stood at 545 thousand tonnes compared to 541 thousand tonnes in 2015, recording an increase of 0.8%, according to the Statistical Service. The total amount of waste treated in 2016 was 521 thousand tonnes, of which 78.7% was disposed to landfills, 14.1% was …

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Cyprus hosts 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean Education for Sustainable Development Committee

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Action needs to be taken, in order for the Education for Sustainable Development (ESD) to respond to the needs of the international community for social, financial, ecological and political sustainability, Costas Kadis, the Minister of Education and Culture, said on Thursday. Addressing the 1st Meeting of the Mediterranean ESD Committee, in Nicosia, the Minister also …

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Cyprus to introduce consumer charge for plastic bags from July 2018

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Cyprus Parliament passed a bill recently according to which all consumers will be charged a minimum € 0.05  for plastic bags as of July 2018, in an attempt to raise awareness about the plastic waste that pollute the environment. Cyprus already has introduced various legislations about recycle and reduce of waste and landfills. Parliamentarians said …

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Cyprus beach cleanup in context of #BreakFreeFromPlastic initiative

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Lady`s Mile beach in Limassol, on the southern coast of Cyprus, was recently cleaned up by members of NGO “Friends of the Earth Cyprus” and the crew from Greenpeace`s “Rainbow Warrior” in context of the initiative #BreakFreeFromPlastic. “The goal of the event was to conduct a beach cleanup to highlight the role of corporations responsible …

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Project ‘Fighting Plastic Waste in Cyprus’ raises awareness on sea pollution

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The initiative titled “Fighting Plastic Waste in Cyprus: The case of Chiringuitos Responsables”, has been announced. According to a press release, the project aims at raising the awareness of Cypriot society about the sources and immediate consequences of discarding plastics at sea and at the same time at providing innovative proposals to reduce the problem. …

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