Businesses urged to cut down on plastic cups as part of week-long campaign

The environment department has called on all catering businesses offering drinks in disposable plastic cups, to adopt new policies to reduce their use for European week for waste reduction from November 16 to 24.

The purpose of the initiative is to promote actions to cultivate awareness on a European level regarding the sustainable use of resources and waste management. In Cyprus, the coordinator is the department of the environment.

It suggests that the enterprises encourage their customers to buy reusable cups or bring their own, and in exchange receive beverages at a reduced price.

Another option is for the business to offer beverages in reusable cups, which must be returned. When they are returned, customers will be able to purchase their next beverage at a reduced price.

The Cyprus Mail is the only English-language daily newspaper published in Cyprus. It was established in 1945 and today, with its popular and widely-read website, the Cyprus Mail is among the most trusted news sites in Cyprus. The newspaper is not affiliated with any political parties and has always striven to maintain its independence. Over the past 70-plus years, the Cyprus Mail, with a small dedicated team, has covered momentous events in Cyprus’ modern history, chronicling the last gasps of British colonial rule, Cyprus’ truncated independence, the coup and Turkish invasion, and the decades of negotiations to stitch the divided island back together, plus a myriad of scandals, murders, and human interests stories that capture the island and its -people. Observers describe it as politically conservative.