Cleaning Department
Cleaning of Private Areas
Contact Numbers
Cleaning Department: 24816539 - 542
Health Board Department: 24816556 - 562
MUNICIPALITY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
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The inspection of private areas (plots, houses’ yards and other premises), in order to check whether they are kept clean.
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The inspection of the sewerage systems of the premises, in order to check whether these are maintained and if they operate satisfactorily or whether there is overflow or filtration of wastewater anywhere.
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The application of the relevant Legislation and taking of measures against those that do not comply with this in order to protect the Public Health and to secure for the decency and comforts in the city.
CITIZENS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
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To keep their areas clean (plots, yards, etc).
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To check the operation of the sewerage systems of their premises and their maintenance in order to operate satisfactorily.
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To take care for the timely pumping of the content and for the proper maintenance of the sewerage systems of their buildings in order to avoid overflow or filtration of wastewater and the consequent dangerous for the public health undesired situations.
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In areas where the central sewerage system operates, they have to take care of their immediate connection to the network of S.B.L.
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To not canalize waters from their premises to public or private areas.
Cleaning of Public Areas
Contact Number
Gardens and Parks Department: 24658722
MUNICIPALITY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
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To take care of the cleaning of streets, parks, beaches and in general of all the public areas.
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To install bins and to take care for their cleaning.
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To ensure for the upgrading of the environment.
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To apply the relevant Legislation and to take measures including the imposition of extrajudicial fines, against those who pollute public areas.
CITIZENS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
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To keep the public areas clean by avoiding throwing papers, empty boxes, useless objects, cigarette butts and other impurities in these areas.
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To throw rubbish in the bins.
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To contribute through their active participation in the attempts made for upgrading the environment and through their responsible behaviour to contribute in the improvement of the living conditions and comforts in our city.
Rubbish Collection
Contact Numbers
Cleaning Department: 24816539 - 542
MUNICIPALITY’S RESPONSIBILITIES
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To collect the rubbish and transport them to the area of landfill.
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To organize cleaning campaigns in cooperation with organized groups and the citizens of the city.
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To inform the citizens about the days and hours of rubbish collection and about the appropriate type, the number of bins as well as for the point and way of their exposure for collection.
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To apply the relevant Legislation and to take the appropriate measures against those who do not comply with this.
CITIZENS’ RESPONSIBILITIES
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To put their rubbish in strong rubbish bags that must be tightly tied.
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To put the rubbish bags in an appropriate bin which must be exposed in front of their premise, a few hours before the specified time of rubbish collection.
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To clean and disinfect the bin after each emptying.
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To maintain and fix their bins or to replace the useless bins with new ones.
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To not put sharp objects (needles, broken glass, irons), inside the bags or building materials or any kind of batteries and especially of cars in the bins.
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To notice the Cleaning Department of the Municipality in case they want to get rid of the old domestic equipment (fridges, washing machines, beds, etc.) prunings and building materials.
Mosquitoes, cockroaches, Mice Control
Αδέσποτοι Σκύλοι
Ο Δήμος συνεργάζεται με ιδιωτικό καταφύγιο και όποιος ψάχνει σκυλάκι να υιοθετήσει μπορεί να αποταθεί στα τηλ. 24366616 και 99251077 ή στο 24816557 και 24816583, Δευτέρα-Παρασκευή, 07:30-15:00.
Αυτός είναι ο σκύλος που βρίσκεται αυτή τη στιγμή στο χώρο προσωρινής κράτησης αδέσποτων σκύλων του Δήμου.
Αρσενικός, χρώματος μαύρου με πορτοκαλί/καφέ, με πληγές στα αυτιά, βρέθηκε στις 13/04/16 στο αεροδρόμιο Λάρνακας.
Indicative Information
By recognizing the significance of the institution of the Blue Flag of Europe for the beaches, Larnaka Municipality has been participating with two awarded beaches since the introduction of the program in Cyprus (1997): in Finikoudes and in Mackenzie area, where modern sanitary facilities have been created, there are lifeguarding stations, sufficient signalling of beaches, control of sea water quality and in general all the criteria of the program are kept.
Larnaka Municipality encourages and supports and funds environmental activities of organized groups and especially of ecological schools.
Every year, about 2200 loads of seaweeds are removed from the beaches.
In the city of Larnaka, the rubbish collection applies 3 times per week and this applies every day for the sensitive areas.
Every year, Larnaka Municipality specifies about 1600 public or private areas and plots from where about 2000 loads are removed (wild vegetation, useless objects and other impurities).
Since the implementation of the relevant legislation (1996), Larnaka Municipality has achieved the removal of a great number of abandoned vehicles, coachworks and other objects from public or private areas. Some of them were removed by contractors who were appointed by Larnaka Municipality while some others were divested and returned to their owners.
Since 1997, Larnaka Municipality has collected more than 600 stray dogs.
2015
In 610 food premises falling within the limits of Larnaka Municipality, there were 926 inspections.
- In 355 cases, warning letters were given for compliance with which the businessmen have fully complied.
In the national program of samplings for food control, 84 food samples were taken as follows:
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39 samples for microbiological control
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15 samples for control of additives and special analyses
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5 samples of residues of farm chemicals
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12 samples for control of environmental and other burdening of food and natural toxins
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5 samples for control of composition quality & nutritional value and
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8 samples for control of natural mineral and bottled waters
- In 3 cases of samples of microbiological control of foods warning letters were given for compliance, with which the controlled parties have been fully complied.
In the control program of swimming pools, 95 samples were taken, out of which 10 samples were off specifications. After informing the managers of the said swimming pools, chlorination and sampling, the quality of the water was fully restored.
In the national program of sampling for control of drinkable water of the water board network, within the limits of Larnaka Municipality, 35 water samples were taken, which are all compatible with the Legislation on Water Quality for Human Consumption.