Cyprus
Legal system
Free-market system
Impacts on health and on the environment
Technological innovations
Main ELT management organisation
Opportunities and drivers
ELT treatment
- Both material recovery and energy recovery exhibited an approximate 10% reduction over the assessed period; values remained stable from 2019 to 2022, followed by a decline reported in 2023.
- Energy recovery from tires exceeds annual ELT arisings for several years is explained by the practice of burning previously piled tires, which supplements current arisings and is considered normal due to historical accumulation and disposal needs.
Major changes in legislation/policy since 2016
Barriers and challenges
ELT Data:
Metric kilotons
%
Total Generated
6.4
100.0%
Material Recovery
1.4
21.0%
Civil Engineering Applications
0.0
-
Energy Recovery
4.1
64.0%
No Recovery
0.0
-
Backfilling
0.0
-
Incineration
0.0
-
Landfill Includes Stockpiled
0.0
-
Unknown
0.9
14.0%
Total recovery (material + energy)
5.5
86.0%
Total collected (coverage of data)
6.4
100.0%