Municipalities oppose waste burial fee, warn costs will hit households

Municipalities have voiced their strong opposition to the government’s intention to charge a fee to bury waste, warning that the cost would inevitably be transferred to the public.

The issue was discussed between the Union of Municipalities and the agriculture ministry within the framework of a working group tasked with implementing the Pay as you Throw programme.

Amathus mayor and head of the union’s waste working group Kyriakos Xydias said on Tuesday that municipalities were...