Alternate Environment Minister unveils plan for new waste management model
Alternate Minister for the Environment Yiannis Tsironis on Thursday unveiled a National Plan for Waste Management that he said represented a break with the policies adopted to date and moved toward a zero waste economy and society, which would convert rubbish into resources.
"Its harmonisation with European law and the use - and in some cases transcendence - of the more positive elements of the community acquis, combined with the secured financing of all the necessary infrastructure and actions, are a first step for passing from a medieval-type uncontrolled dumping of waste to a modern outlook for its recovery in ways friendly to the environment and society," Tsironis said.
