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Partnership to reduce single-use plastics between hotels in Cyprus, Malta and Greece

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Story by: Constantinos Alexandropoulos of Cyprus News Agency The successful partnership in autumn and winter 2021 of ten tourist accommodation establishments from Cyprus, Greece and Malta with the partners of the project “Reducing the Consumption and Disposal of Single-use Plastics in the Tourism Industry in Cyprus, Greece and Malta”, also known as SUPMed, was announced …

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Over 200,000 tonnes of plastic leaking into the Mediterranean each year – IUCN report

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A new IUCN report finds that an estimated 229,000 tonnes of plastic is leaking into the Mediterranean Sea every year, equivalent to over 500 shipping containers each day. Unless significant measures are taken to address mismanaged waste, the main source of the leakage, this will at least double by 2040. Based on a compilation of data …

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BeMed launches a call for projects to reduce plastic pollution in the Mediterranean islands

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Version française ci-dessous Created in 2015 by the Prince Albert II of Monaco Foundation, the MAVA Foundation, the Surfrider Europe Foundation, the Tara Ocean Foundation and the IUCN Centre for Mediterranean Cooperation, the Beyond Plastic Med (BeMed) association aims to combat plastic pollution in the Mediterranean Sea. Since 2017, BeMed has created a regional dynamic …

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Plastic bag ban in Cyprus under review

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(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 …

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The ACCOBAMS Survey Initiative and the Black Sea

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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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Cyprus ranks high in the EU on urban waste production

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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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Special needs students say no to plastic straws, aim for Cyprus to be first in EU

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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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Policy on single-use plastic will work because there is a broad consensus, Commission official says

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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 …

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Study on marine litter by AKTI Project and Research Centre in Cyprus

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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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