waste management
Hopes for the decongestion of Temploni and the roads
CORFU. It was announced at the Town Council meeting that the Solid Waste Management Service (SYDISA) has obtained (it is not known how) a second machine for the selection and baling of mixed waste - an absolute necessity for the decongestion of the Temploni facility and the Corfu roads.
British tourism professionals, concerned about the refuse situation, visit the Mayor
CORFU. Travel agents and professionals involved in Corfu tourism visited the Mayor΄s office today for an update on the waste problem.
΄Lefkimmi won΄t become another Iphigenia΄: New attacks on Regional Governor
CORFU. 1,500 signatures collected up to now.
Large turnout for the protest about the rubbish
CORFU. The rally with Corfu residents in the pedestrianised area in town to protest about the situation with the huge piles of rubbish was much larger than at any other time.
The Centre for recyclable materials in the parking area at the Emporiko Kentro will now be open in the evenings
CORFU. The Municipal Cleansing and Recycling Service issued the following statement:
Tension in Temploni again this morning
CORFU. The police were called and the driver of the bulldozer disappeared.
Strong letter from the ΄Old΄ Philharmonic Society about the situation with the rubbish
CORFU. The letter from the board of the ΄Old΄ Philharmonic Society says that things have never been like this in Corfu before and residents have never been so exasperated by a Municipal problem.
British travel agents call for Corfu to get cleaned up
According to an article in Travelweekly, ABTA - the Association of British Travel Agents & Tour operators - has joined hoteliers and tourism professionals in Corfu to take swift action to clear up piles of dumped rubbish in Corfu.
More rubbish pile fires early on Thursday morning
CORFU. Fires are continuing to break out in rubbish piles in Corfu despite warnings from the Medical Association and Technical Chamber of the dioxin toxicity produced by burning.
Three proposals put forward for temporary relief of Temploni facility
ATHENS. Yet another meeting in Athens without a result - The Government΄s silence is deafening.
Tour operators are expressing their concern about the image of Corfu with its refuse problem
CORFU.The noose is tightening around the Corfu tourist economy as not a day passes without tour operators, large and small, expressing their concern.
Question in Greek Parliament to the Minister of the Interior about Corfu’s refuse problem
ATHENS. The parliamentary representative for Potami political party Giorgos Amiras put a question to the Minister of the Interior Panos Skourletis in Parliament about the waste management problem in Corfu.
Tourism professionals ready to ΄freak out΄
CORFU. Tourism professionals went to the Mayor΄s office yesterday morning to express their anxiety at the distressing state of the island with thousands of tons of rubbish piled up on the roads.
΄Enough is Enough!΄: Protest Rally against the refuse situation
CORFU. Friday 22nd June at 20:30 at the new pedestrian precinct.
Municipality given extra space for waste bales at Temploni by Charity Board
CORFU. Land given as free loan from May 19 to October 19.
Municipality will accept recyclable materials at a transfer centre at Emporiko Kentro
CORFU. The centre will accept clean recyclable waste, in the presence of a member of staff, daily from 08:00 to 14:00.
Protest concert against Lefkimmi landfill from workers΄ unions
CORFU. With the Corfu composer Spyros Samouilis.
Corfu Hoteliers and Tourist Accommodation Owners send an ΄SOS΄ message to Tourism Minister
CORFU. The Corfu Hoteliers Association and Federation of Tourist Accommodation Owners have requested that a state of emergency be declared in Corfu.
