Cyprus, a small EU member state, is in place nowadays to offer professionally modern waste management consultancy services internationally. Parpounas Sustainability Consultants (PSC) has won through a demanding international competition, the offer for the consultancy services of the project: “Step-by-step recommendation on how to launch the EPR system for packaging in Ukraine”, a country of 42 million inhabitants. The project has also the support of the Embassy of Cyprus in Ukraine. 

The project has been initiated by the American Chamber of Commerce in Ukraine and a selected group of sizeable international and local companies operating in the Ukrainian market. The project was launched at the end of August 2019 and it is anticipated to be fully delivered by the end of January 2020. This demanding project is performed in anticipation of the new framework of waste Laws under discussion in Ukraine. These Laws are expected to reflect some of the basic principles of the EU legislation, including the Producer Responsibility for packaging waste.  The excellent cooperation between all parties involved, ensures highly positive expected results for the industry in Ukraine. 

Parpounas Sustainability Consultants are also short listed for similar projects in other countries.