The Parliamentary Committee on the Environment met today, Wednesday, 23 March 2022, and discussed the following issues:
1. The serious allegations of marine pollution at the fishing shelter of Kato Pyrgos, the potential impact on human health and the environment and ways to address the problem.
(Self-investigation following a recommendation by Mr. Charalambos Theopeptou)
(File No. 23.04.038.478-2021)
The Commission started the discussion of the above registered matter by the ex officio procedure, in the presence of representatives of the competent state agencies and departments, as well as of the concerned stakeholders, in the course of which he was informed about the complaints that have been made about the pollution of the sea as a consequence of the problems identified in the infrastructure of the fishing shelter of Kato Pyrgos Tilliria, which are further intensified due to the non-implementation of the project of the sewage system of the area. The Commission was also informed of the measures taken by the competent State authorities to address the problem.
The Commission decided to continue the discussion on the above subject after the necessary studies had been carried out to improve any structural problems of the fishing shelter in question and after a microbiological analysis of the sediment on the bottom of the port basin had been carried out. At the same time, he stressed the need to implement the project for the sewage system in the area.
2.The Waste (Management of Construction and Demolition Waste) Regulations 2021
(Doc. No. 23.03.058.069-2021)
The Commission continued the article-by-article discussion of the above Regulations, the purpose of which is to improve the existing legislative framework for the management of construction and demolition waste (A.C.I.C.), through the prevention, reduction and proper management of such waste, with the aim of protecting the environment and human health with a minimum of nuisance and achieving the relevant European recycling target, which was set at 70% of waste, by weight, by 2020. The discussion will continue at the next Commission meeting.
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