waste Management
Trench dug to blockade Lefkimmi landfill
CORFU. ΄Fortifications΄ were created over Easter in Mesorahia blocking the approach to the landfill facility. It is thought that the trench was dug on Good Friday.
Refuse collection service working double shifts in Corfu
CORFU. “By early this evening at the latest the problem with refuse collection in the town and the island as a whole will have been dealt with,” a local authority representative told Enimerosi when it passed on complaints received.
Why is there uncollected rubbish in Corfu?
CORFU. Why is rubbish in some areas not being collected?
Cultural societies and other organizations ‘roll up their sleeves’ to get going with recycling
CORFU. Nineteen cultural societies and eleven other organizations from around Corfu called for a meeting with the Deputy Mayor for Cleansing Services, Spyros Aspiotis, to discuss working together in a structured way for the recycling of waste.
Lefkimmi Cultural Society continues to reject landfill
CORFU. The members of Lefkimmi Cultural Society had another meeting to coordinate their activities.
Corfu Island full of rubbish dumps
CORFU. The ongoing saga of waste management over the last years combined with some residents lacking any sense of personal responsibility has created the distressing image of an island full of small, makeshift rubbish dumps.
Corfu Mayor’s waste management meeting this morning
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos met with a wide range of representatives at the Old Town Hall today.
Corfu Mayor’s waste management meeting happening now
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos is meeting now with a wide range of representatives at the Old Town Hall.
Waste management meeting at the Old Town Hall on Thursday
CORFU. The Mayor has called a meeting on Thursday at 11:00 at the Old Town Hall to give the latest updates on the waste management situation.
Waste Management Rally: Residents from all parts of the island called upon to take part
CORFU. The Local Organizations Initiative is calling on everyone to come to the Corfu Waste Management rally.
Temploni landfill: Gates open again, allowing refuse trucks to enter
CORFU. Following the written commitments from the Corfu Mayor regarding the road map for waste management, the Action Committee has agreed to a two-month ‘truce’ as was discussed at the meeting on Sunday.
Temploni Cultural Society invites members and residents to waste management protest rally
CORFU. Following the invitation from the Lefkimmi Cultural Society, the Temploni organization has also invited people to attend the waste management protest rally on Friday at 18:00 at the Municipal Theatre.
Corfu Mayor visits Temploni landfill – hoping for the removal of the blockade
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos visited the Temploni landfill today to talk with those blockading the entrance and ask them to help relieve the difficult situation Corfu finds itself in with the roads full of rubbish.
Lefkimmi Residents’ Memo to the Athens meeting about waste management
CORFU. Spiros Kouris and Nina Pandi participated in the meeting chaired by the Minister of Interior, Panos Skourletis, as representatives of the Residents’ ‘Kinisis’ (Movement) against the South Corfu landfill.
Corfu Mayor to visit Temploni landfill today
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos will be visiting the occupied Temploni landfill today at 11:00.
Corfu Mayor to update Action Committee today
CORFU. Mayor Kostas Nikolouzos told Enimerosi that he is going to meet with the Action Committee – which has set up a blockade at Temploni landfill – to update its members on what was said at the recent meeting at the Ministry of the Interior.
Temploni protestors: “We’re not leaving!”
CORFU. 500 metres from the entrance to Temploni landfill the protestors remain adamant. “We won’t allow the landfill to open unless it’s to remove the waste bales.”
Environment Minister says to Corfu representatives – No riot police and no rubbish on the streets. Open up Lefkimmi as soon as possible
ATHENS. The magic solution that some were hoping for disappeared in a matter of 2½ hours on the 7th floor of the Ministry of the Interior building.
