Two new landfills planned

By a Staff Reporter

THE GOVERNMENT is planning to create two new landfills, one in Paphos and one in Larnaca, Interior Minister Andreas Panayiotou said yesterday.

Speaking at a seminar for waste management organised by the British Council as part of its EU series, the Minister said that landfills at Kotsiatis and Vati would be upgraded, while others would be closed.

The seminar comes a day after the EU Commission issued its progress report on the candidate countries, and cited waste management as “the most worrying issue in Cyprus” in terms of harmonisation. The report said that four year programme regarding closure or upgrading has been prepared.

Expanding on the programme Panayiotou said the first stage involved the creation of the two new landfills, which would be operated in line with EU directives. He said that waste management was one of the most significant issues that Cyprus was facing within the harmonisation framework.

“At the same time a comprehensive programme will be implemented fro gradually reducing the overall volume of waste for land filling through recycling, composting and incineration for producing energy,” the Minister said.

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