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
52% of enterprises and 76% of volunteers who took part in a study by AKTI Project and Research Centre have expressed their worries on the issue of marine litter, especially plastic. The study was conducted in the framework of a programme run by AKTI titled «Zero Waste Beach». The study covered all beach cities of
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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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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
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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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Cyprus, Greece, and Israel have signed the Implementation Agreement on the Sub-Regional Marine Oil Pollution Contingency Plan. The objective of the Plan is an effective reaction to spills and to facilitate the co-operation among the three countries in the field of oil pollution preparedness and response. The Plan was signed on Tuesday, 8 May along
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
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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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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