After we visited the mosque in Chrysocou, we headed back to the B7 as we could see no Green Point. Almost immediately we came upon this sign, and decided to follow it.

And here it is, the final Green Point. The attendant showed me where to put the washing machine, and helped me unload it. I also had to sign for it, and tell them my numberplate, name and where I lived.

Now, complaints about rubbish often feature on social media in Cyprus. It certainly doesn't help the tourist industry, which is one of Cyprus's chief sources of income. But what is the solution? You can introduce bigger fines, but will they get paid? And besides, all the fines in the world are pointless, if there is nowhere to actually take your waste to dispose of it.

What is needed, is more Green Points. If people know they can take their waste to the Green Points, then hopefully they will do that rather than dump it.

However, the government won't want to build any more Green Points if the existing ones aren't utilised properly. So that is where we can all help. Just use these Green Points! Let's face it, over the next few days, an awful lot of recyclable goods are going to get bagged and binned. Why not instead, take it all to your nearest Green Point? Sort it out, first, into cardboards, plastics etc. But use them! The authorities will know that you have used them too, because they will have all those receipts.

If the authorities see them getting used properly, they are far more likely to build more.

And share this information with your friends! We couldn't get over how hard it was to find the locations of these four Green Points. Share this blog article, or share the Waste Management section of the directory on facebook. Spread the information!

Not only that, but if you hire a company to do some work on your property, make sure they have a proper disposal policy in place for the waste. It is one thing them saying they will take it away with them, but what do they do with it then? If you employ Company A because they are cheaper than Company B, but don't dispose of the rubbish properly, then YOU are part of the litter problem in Cyprus, and have no right to criticise anybody else about it.

We appreciate that this isn't a very Christmassy message. However, we felt it important to produce the Green Point section in the directory before Christmas Day, in the hope that it will inspire people to give a bit of thought to the disposal of their Christmas Rubbish and Recyclables.

Thank you for wading through this blog and putting up with the lecture at the end. To be frank though, we are lecturing ourselves as much as anybody else. Until a few days ago, we had no idea where these Green Points were. We no longer have that excuse.

Anyway, on the main site forum the other week, I asked if anybody knew of any Secret Christmas Trees. These are trees that grow in the wild but get decorated for whatever reason at Christmas. There was one we knew back in the UK. Well we found another one here, near Polis. It may not have many baubles, and it may not be much of a secret, but it is good enough for us.

We would like to take this opportunity to wish all our forum members, both on the main forum and on facebook, all our advertisers, who provide much needed revenue, and all the browsers of our blogs, directories and webcams etc, a HUGELY enjoyable Christmas, and a Happy and Prosperous New Year.

Paphos Life is a year old now, and we've come a long way in a short space of time. In our next blog, we will be reviewing 2017 as it has appeared in our blogs, so if you have only found us recently, you will be able to see what you have missed.

This shows roughly where we went. The journey from Koli onwards was quite random though, so be warned! Take care if you venture out to these areas though. If there has been a lot of winter rain, some of these tracks can get extremely treacherous.

A couple of useful links:

Waste Management section of the Paphos Life Directory

Our facebook group, Paphos Chat.

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