A total of 262 kilos of rubbish was collected in 20 minutes, as part of the shore and seabed clean-up[/B] that took place on Monday morning in the little port of Kato Paphos by the AKTI Centre for Studies and Research as part of World Environment Day 2022.
According to the Chair of the Board of Directors of AKTIS, Dr. Xenia Loozidou, 82% of the garbage was plastic and the rest was cans and glass.
As stated in a relevant announcement, the events for the World Environment Day 2022 started on Monday from the harbour of Paphos, with the cleaning of the shore and the seabed. AKTH's event in Paphos was supported by the Australian High Commission, and attended by High Commissioner MrsFiona McKergow. Participants included volunteer divers from the CyDive organisation, the Pafos Coastal Fishing Association, snorkelers, volunteers from the Cyprus Standards Organisation, students and teachers from the International School of Pafos and refugee children from Ukraine who are employed at Technopolis with their mothers.
In a statement to CNA, AKTIS Board President Dr. Xenia Loizidou said that "this year's World Environment Day has the motto One Earth Only", adding that "it is the same motto as that of the UN Stockholm Summit, 50 years ago, in 1972, when scientists first sounded the alarm about the coming climate change".
The warning then, he added, was ignored and "50 years later we are living the consequences of a major climate crisis, a climate chaos. Let us act now. We have only one earth. Let us take care of it, let us love it, because it is so beautiful and we are abusing it."
The AKTS events will last for a week and will culminate on June 4 with a clean-up of the Pediaion in Nicosia.
Source: CNA
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