Integrated management and sorting at the source of 4,800 tons of green waste and converting it through composting into organic fertilizer. Green waste constitutes a significant volume of municipal solid waste. It is a "clean" material, containing biomass and suitable for recycling and composting.
The Municipality of Glyfada, in the year 2020, implemented an integrated plan for the management and recycling of green waste, implementing:
✓ screening at the source
✓ transportation and shredding
✓ depositing recyclable green waste at the EDSNA Recycling and Composting Plant
More specifically, the Municipality of Glyfada implemented:
• The sorting at the source of green waste. Every resident of Glyfada, who is going to engage in domestic gardening work (pruning, etc.) first makes an application to fix my city (citizen line) and the Cleaning & Recycling Department sends to his home, within 24 hours, the special boat collection of green waste, capacity of 10 cubic meters. With this process, we manage to collect clean green waste, without mixing it with other solid waste.
• The transport of the special green waste collection vessel with an anti-pollution technology vehicle, for shredding at the Municipality's Transfer Station.
• The shredding of green waste. With the help of a special shredder of green waste, we achieve the reduction of the volume of green waste and the easier processing of it in the Composting plant. At the same time, with the fewer itineraries of heavy vehicles, we contribute to the reduction of atmospheric pollution.
• Sending the green waste to the modern facilities of the Mechanical Recycling and Composting Plant of EDSNA, for further processing and production of organic fertilizer - compost, of high quality and nutritional value for floriculture and agriculture.
In 2020, the Municipality of Glyfada managed to be first among all the municipalities of the country, in sorting at the source, with a record number of 4,800 (to be precise, 4,804.51) tons of green waste that was recycled using the composting method. This figure corresponds to a percentage of 12% of the total solid waste (42,500 tons) that was deposited in the Phyli Landfill, exceeding by two units the European target of recycling green waste for 2020. According to Directive 2008/98/EC, the European green waste recycling target amounts to 10% of all solid waste.
It is in the hands of all of us and it is our supreme obligation to shape a better tomorrow, helping to protect our natural resources, aiming at the best quality of life for the inhabitants of our city and the protection of the environment.
