Cyprus 
Cyprus transposed European Directive 94/62/EU into Packaging and Packaging Waste Act (N. 32 (I)/2002) in 2002. The Law introduced the Producer Responsibility for Packaging and gives two options to the companies placing packaging in the Cypriot market: to participate in a Collective Packaging Management System that has to be a not-for-profit organisation, or develop a Private System based on a Return or Deposit System.
Legal basis
Packaging and Packaging Waste Laws, 2002, (N32(I)/2002).
- Responsibility of the Packaging Responsible organisations by 31/12/2012 to recover at least 60% of the packaging they place in the market, recycle at least 55% of the total and at least 60% of glass, 60% of paper, 50% of metals, 22,5% of plastics and 15% of wood.
- The responsibility lies with the packagers, producers, suppliers, importers. The choices are between Private Systems based on a return or deposit scheme, or a Collective Compliance System representing many responsible producers.
- A Collective Packaging management system has to be not-for-profit.
- The Green Dot System covers both Household and Commercial Industrial Packaging.
Companies that place in the market less than 2 tons of packaging per year, are excluded from the recovery and recycling obligation and only have to report their packaging to the authorities on an annual basis
Fact and figures
Data 2012
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Population |
838,897 |
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No. of local authorities |
28 municipalities and about 50 communities around the island 700,000 inhabitants covered by organised Packaging Recycling System |
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No. of companies in system |
830 membres |
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Packaging introduced to the market |
110,000(est) tons total packaging on the market 75,000 tons total packaging registered with Green Dot Cyprus |
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Recovered waste |
Recycled |
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Types of packaging |
Household and commercial industrial |
