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On the alert in Lefkimmi - discreet police presence
LEFKIMMI. Local residents have gathered on the access road to the Lefkimmi landfill facility on stand-by and ΄keeping their powder dry΄. Access has been blocked with lorry tyres.
One in three have taken up their job at the Cleansing Services
CORFU. SYRIZA MP Kostas Pavlidis met with former contract staff from the Municipal Cleansing Services, who spoke to him about the operational problems which have been created by the recent recruitment process.
Mayor says that refuse collection will be completely back to normal in 2-3 days
CORFU. The Mayor held a meeting on Monday afternoon to discuss the best possible way to start the tourist season, as regards refuse collection.
Municipality Employees΄ Union opposes the contracting out of refuse collection to private companies
CORFU. The Municipality Employees΄ Union sent a long letter in which it expresses its opposition to the contracting out of cleansing services - even temporarily - to private companies.
Don΄t you dare open the road to the landfill in the south!
LEFKIMMI (CORFU). If the town council decides to asphalt the road leading to Lefkimmi landfill, then the Lefkimmi Cultural Society will organize a large demonstration in the area.
The Ombudsman in Corfu: He came, he saw…but didn’t conquer!
CORFU. The labyrinth of waste management responsibilities, illegal felling of olive trees and Corfu Prison were the matters of concern to the Ombudsman.
Fire breaks out at the entrance to treatment plant
CORFU. The fire broke out at 18:00 on Tuesday at the waste dumping area outside the entrance to the town΄s treatment facility.
Pupils at Afra Primary School write letter of complaint to the Mayor!
CORFU. The 4th Grade at Afra Primary School handed in a letter of complaint to the Mayor of Corfu about the refuse and stray animals.
Video of landfill from Temploni residents
CORFU. This is a short video that Temploni Cultural Society made.
Team of Regional environmental inspectors visit Temploni landfill
CORFU. Regional Environmental Inspectors visited Temploni landfill on Monday to examine the condition of the facility and how it has been managed by the Cleansing Services.
Temploni ΄Sparmiotissa΄ Society is not going to take any action at the moment
CORFU. Residents visited the landfill.
Proposal to contract out refuse collection passed with majority vote at Town Council meeting
CORFU. The motion was passed with a majority vote by Corfu Town Council.
Until the recruitment of new personnel is finalized we will have to resort to contracting out the refuse collection
CORFU. Kostas Nikolouzos talks about the problems with the Cleansing Services temporary personnel list.
Kastania: Mountain of rubbish tumbles onto road
CORFU. The mountain of rubbish which had been piling up for days collapsed under the weight and blocked most of the road.
The trench at Lefkimmi - access to landfill impossible
CORFU. Read what the President of Lefkimmi Cultural Society, Maria Kontomari, has to say.
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?
