Municipal cleaning crews worked for over five hours to remove approximately 45 tonnes of waste from Limassol’s main thoroughfare following Sunday’s carnival grand parade.
The clean-up operation, involving 80 municipal workers, began at 6:00 p.m. on Sunday after the parade concluded and continued until 10:30 p.m., transforming Makarios Avenue from what officials described as “an extensive waste site” back to its normal state.
The operation deployed significant resources including four tractors, two trucks, a trailer, two pick-up vehicles, two waste collection vehicles and a large vacuum cleaner to manage the aftermath of what has been reported as a record-breaking attendance.
This year’s carnival festivities attracted over 35,000 participants across 120 groups and municipal floats, according to official figures, marking the highest participation in the event’s history.
Municipal workers collected diverse waste materials including tonnes of confetti, spray string, streamers, plastic cups and beer cans. After clearing Makarios Avenue, cleaning teams proceeded to Castle Square, the Old Port, Marina area and Saripolou Square.
Recycling efforts were coordinated at the Enaerios parking area by the City Friends charitable organisation, which collected aerosol cans and plastic caps for transfer to the Integrated Waste Management Facility for sorting and processing.
In a social media statement following the parade, Limassol Municipality thanked its employees for their “professionalism, organisation and hard work” in ensuring the city remained “beautiful and functional” despite the scale of the clean-up required.
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