Garbage
Environment
Volunteers Collect More Than 13 Tons of Garbage from Greek Beaches
Over thirteen tons of garbage were collected from Greek beaches and the seabed in 145 separate cleaning operations between September and October 2019, the Hellenic Marine Environment Protection Association (HELMEPA) announced on Thursday.
The detritus was collected by a total of...
Environment
Mountains of Garbage Grow in Athens as Sanitation Workers Stage Strike
Tons of garbage have been left uncollected in Athens and other major Greek cities as municipal sanitation workers have joined in a series of strikes protesting a development bill currently debated in parliament.
POE-OTA, the Panhellenic Federation of Employees in...
Greece
Municipal Sanitation Employees Extend Labor Action Until June 29
Municipal employees working in sanitation announced on Thursday the escalation of their labor action, a decision that will worsen the situation in Greek cities where garbage has piled up. Their union is protesting against a Court of Audit ruling...
Greece
Zakynthos Drowning in Garbage After Locals Block Entrance to Landfill
The island of Zakynthos, western Greece, is drowning in piles of garbage as garbage trucks have stopped collecting them for the past two weeks, after residents of Kalamaki blocked the entrance to the landfill in Skopos.
The volumes of rubbish...
Environment
Decision to Transport Thousands of Tons of Garbage from Tripolis to Athens Landfill Canceled
The executive committee of the Regional Authority of Attiki solid waste management body, EDSNA, on Friday canceled a decision to transport 4,000 tons of waste from the town of Tripolis in Peloponnese, southern Greece, to the Fyli sanitary landfill in Athens.
According...