Filenews 19 March 2024
The signing of the tender contract for the supply and installation of 50 prefabricated green kiosks (Green Kiosks) for separate recycling in mountainous and remote areas of all districts of Cyprus took place today.
According to an announcement by the Department of Environment, the contract was signed by the Department and the contractor of the project, in the presence of the General Directorate for Development, due to the fact that it is a milestone in the Recovery and Resilience Plan of Cyprus 2021-2026.
"The contract will have a duration of twenty-five (25) months and its value amounts to €3,274,000 excluding VAT," it said.
The Green Kiosks will be installed in fifty (50) remote and mountainous local authorities in all Districts of Cyprus. Specifically, these are eight Communities in Nicosia District, 16 Communities in Paphos District, 14 Communities in Limassol District, ten Communities and one Municipality in Larnaka District and one Community in Famagusta District. The installation of the Green Pavilions is expected to be completed in the first half of 2026.
The Green Kiosk is a small Sorting Center for Recyclable Materials properly configured into a small modified container, which accepts separated recyclable materials from citizens.
It is added that the aim of the Green Pavilion is to record the quality and quantity of incoming materials, as well as to achieve detailed separation and recovery of materials of high purity and value. It also has an anthropocentric character due to the physical presence of an operator.
According to the announcement, the Green Pavilion will accept paper/cardboard, plastic, glass, metal and special flows, while in addition, materials that can be easily reused can be reused without any kind of processing. For example, clothing and footwear, toys, CDs and books. As far as specific flows are concerned, these consist of edible fats and oils (cooking oils), lamps, small electrical and electronic appliances, as well as household batteries – accumulators.
The Green Kiosks are an action of the LIFE IP CYzero WASTE- LIFE20/IPE/CY/000011 Project, "Smart Monitoring and Effective Waste Reduction in Cyprus". The design of the Green Pavilion is an original unit of the National Technical University of Athens, as a project partner, and was successfully implemented in remote areas and islands in Greece.
