Waste management
Public prosecutor to visit Temploni landfill on Tuesday
CORFU. The Public Prosecutor, Mr. Tatakis, met with members of the Central Corfu Residents Action Committee for 1½ hours this morning.
Lefkimmi Cultural Society now decides to withdraw from committee to meet Minister of Interior
CORFU. Lefkimmi Cultural Society has now changed its mind about participating in the representative committee due to meet with the Minister of the Interior on Wednesday.
Temploni public meeting in progress – some absentees plus some frayed nerves
CORFU. The Temploni public meeting, organized by the Temploni Cultural Society, is in progress at the moment.
Local residents say that Temploni landfill is under occupation – the Mayor says that employees are working normally
CORFU. Locals hung banners on the gates of the landfill and claimed that there was a strong mobilization of residents. Temploni Cultural Society, who are organizing a public meeting tomorrow, are not connected with this group.
Temploni Cultural Society calls on everyone to come to Temploni on Sunday
CORFU. Temploni Cultural Society is holding a public meeting for local residents on SUNDAY 25th February at 11.30 at the Society’s office in Temploni Square.
Waste management: Corfu representative committee to meet with Minister next Wednesday
CORFU. Following the decision of the Corfu Town Council at its last meeting, the representative committee which has been set up will meet with the Minister of the Interior, Panos Skourletis, on Wednesday 28th February.
Temploni President: Whether or not the landfill closes, Corfu will drown in rubbish
CORFU. Temploni Cultural Society calls on all interested parties to come forward with proposals.
Lefkimmi Society agrees to participate in committee to visit Athens
CORFU. Following its 3-hour general assembly, Lefkimmi Cultural Society agreed to send a representative with the waste management committee to visit Athens.
Temploni: A ‘powder keg’ with residents standing firm
CORFU. The Central Corfu Residents Action Committee is calling for a public meeting along with the Temploni Residents’ Cultural Society ‘Panayia Sparmiotissa’.
Deputy Mayor visits Kozani: Our proposal wasn’t rejected but we didn’t get any promises either
KOZANI. “There’s still a long way to go,” Deputy Mayor for Finance, Georgios Pantelios, said following his meeting in Kozani with the Managing Director of DIAYMA A.E. to discuss Corfu Municipality’s verbal proposal to transfer the waste bales from Temploni.
Corfu Mayor: Transportation of the waste away from Corfu is the final option available!
CORFU. “We need to deal with this dead end we find ourselves in calmly and prudently,” said the Mayor following a meeting at the town hall.
‘Clouds’ gathering over the Temploni landfill
CORFU. Residents are adopting a tougher stance and are threatening action.
Temploni disappointed: Nothing has changed
CORFU. Magda Papanikolopoulou, President of Temploni Cultural Society, told Enimerosi, “We didn’t leave feeling satisfied,” following the Council meeting which decided unanimously to seek funding for the removal of waste bales out of Corfu.
Lefkimmi vindicated by the decision to transport waste out of Corfu
CORFU. Maria Kontomari, President of Lefkimmi Cultural Society, told Enimerosi that she considered last night’s unanimous decision – following hours of discussion at the Council meeting – to be a step forward.
Paxos: Request to Minister of Interior for ‘divorce’ from Corfu Cleansing Services
‘We do not wish to be an extra burden on Corfu or to have to deal again with the waste accumulation problem we have at present,’ stated Paxos Mayor, Spiros Vlahopoulos, at his meeting with the Minister of the Interior, Panayotis Skourletis, and the General Secretary for Solid Waste Management, Evgenios Capetanios.
Council meeting reversal: Proposal to transport the waste passed unanimously
CORFU. Temporary relief for residents of south Corfu with agreement not to use Lefkimmi landfill.
Town Council: Hall packed out for the meeting on waste management
CORFU. The Town Council hall at Mon Repos is completely packed out for the meeting on waste management now in progress.
The ‘mother’ of all meetings is expected tonight in a desperate effort to find consensus
CORFU. The Mayor and his partners will be laying all their cards on the table at tonight’s council meeting on the subject of waste management.
