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[Antreis]

New update at http://dailytrash.fotopic.net/

[Tim Drayton]

In connection with the concerns I have voiced above, I have come to the conclusion that the rubbish collected in a nearby village (or villages) is being dumped on the fringes of Limassol rather than being taken to the official rubbish dump. My guess is that the village has to pay a charge for taking rubbish to an official dump, and this is a cheaper way of doing it. There is a place where rubbish keeps appearing, mostly wrapped in regulation bin bags. What really gives the game away is that some of the rubbish has been sorted so that, for example, one bag contains all empty drink cans. Nobody would go to this trouble if they simply intended to fly tip the rubbish. I wonder if there is any point in reporting my suspicions to my local municipality, on whose territory this stuff is ending up.

[Antreis]

In connection with the concerns I have voiced above, I have come to the conclusion that the rubbish collected in a nearby village (or villages) is being dumped on the fringes of Limassol rather than being taken to the official rubbish dump. My guess is that the village has to pay a charge for taking rubbish to an official dump, and this is a cheaper way of doing it. There is a place where rubbish keeps appearing, mostly wrapped in regulation bin bags. What really gives the game away is that some of the rubbish has been sorted so that, for example, one bag contains all empty drink cans. Nobody would go to this trouble if they simply intended to fly tip the rubbish. I wonder if there is any point in reporting my suspicions to my local municipality, on whose territory this stuff is ending up.

Tim , thanks for the thoughts.I think you should report your suspicions even though the authorities might do nothing in the foreseeable future to resolve the problem.The only way to make them act is to ''pressure them from various directions'' such as publicize the fact in a webpage or in a paper.Of course trash and waste management is not a hot subject in Cyprus and actually people( and people in position as well) are tired of being told about their trash disposal habits.
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[cymart]

The environment of Cyprus,both north and south is being ruined continually by not only rubbish dumping but reckless buidling development and the consequences may be irreversible-and disastrous for the quality of life of people who live here,now and for future generations....

[Oracle]

My empirical assessment of rubbish-dumping in Cyprus compared to that in the UK (my two most familiar environments) ... is that there is as much dumping, if not more so, going on illicitly, in the UK, as in Cyprus ... but it's just that the authorities in the UK are (were) better at collecting it and confining it to land-fill sites.

The problem is becoming more obvious here in the UK at the moment, with towns and the country-side more visibly contaminated with litter, because of cut-backs in clean-ups.

So, I don't think Cypriots are too bad at dumping ... but the authorities have to employ more people to clean-up, frequently and consistently!

[Antreis]

My empirical assessment of rubbish-dumping in Cyprus compared to that in the UK (my two most familiar environments) ... is that there is as much dumping, if not more so, going on illicitly, in the UK, as in Cyprus ... but it's just that the authorities in the UK are (were) better at collecting it and confining it to land-fill sites.

The problem is becoming more obvious here in the UK at the moment, with towns and the country-side more visibly contaminated with litter, because of cut-backs in clean-ups.

So, I don't think Cypriots are too bad at dumping ... but the authorities have to employ more people to clean-up, frequently and consistently!

Just check this and i am sure you will change idea about the dumping in Cyprus : http://dailytrash.fotopic.net/

[Antreis]

New update at http://dailytrash.fotopic.net/

It contains photographs from around the ''European'' cemetery-Sfalagiotissa- of the ''European'' city of Limassol .
Actually total disgrace !!!!!!
Neither the city of Limassol nor the Diocese of Limassol care about the cleanliness of the area surrounding the cemetery.

[suegwyn]

My empirical assessment of rubbish-dumping in Cyprus compared to that in the UK (my two most familiar environments) ... is that there is as much dumping, if not more so, going on illicitly, in the UK, as in Cyprus ... but it's just that the authorities in the UK are (were) better at collecting it and confining it to land-fill sites.

The problem is becoming more obvious here in the UK at the moment, with towns and the country-side more visibly contaminated with litter, because of cut-backs in clean-ups.

So, I don't think Cypriots are too bad at dumping ... but the authorities have to employ more people to clean-up, frequently and consistently!

Oracle, do you really believe that the Cypriots aren't too bad at dumping? Is that 'not too bad' as in they do a good job of it???

[Oracle]

My empirical assessment of rubbish-dumping in Cyprus compared to that in the UK (my two most familiar environments) ... is that there is as much dumping, if not more so, going on illicitly, in the UK, as in Cyprus ... but it's just that the authorities in the UK are (were) better at collecting it and confining it to land-fill sites.

The problem is becoming more obvious here in the UK at the moment, with towns and the country-side more visibly contaminated with litter, because of cut-backs in clean-ups.

So, I don't think Cypriots are too bad at dumping ... but the authorities have to employ more people to clean-up, frequently and consistently!

Oracle, do you really believe that the Cypriots aren't too bad at dumping? Is that 'not too bad' as in they do a good job of it???

Yup ... as I said, it's the failure of authorities to pick up frequently enough. Mess happens around humans ... I see it a lot, with fresh eyes, now I'm back in the UK ... A LOT!

But, the difference I realise, now I've done a fairly careful comparison, is that it gets picked up more regularly here in the UK.

So really, the authorities have to expand their army of recyclers and cleaners ...

[suegwyn]

I can't agree with you on this one! Never` have I seen as much dumping as I have since being in Cyprus. The penalty for dumping has to be harsher, prevention is better than cure!