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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 15, No. 5, 495-506 (1997)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9701500505

First Results of a Pilot Project for Packaging Waste Recycling in Maroussi and Vrilissia, Greece

T.D. Lekkas

Department of Environmental Studies, University of Aegean, 17, Karadoni str 81 100 Mytilene, Greece

Y. Razis

HERRA, 40 Ag. Constantinou str. 151 24 Maroussi, Greece

E. Filis

In this paper the results of an experimental recycling programme for packaging waste are reported along with general data on recycling in Greece. The recovery project was carried out in northern Athens by the Hellenic Recovery and Recycling Association (HERRA) and two municipalities (Maroussi and Vrilissia), with the scientific support of the University of Aegean. It was the first multi-material, "close- to-home" bin programme in Greece and served 68 000 people. Almost 50 tonnes per week of recyclables were collected and processed in a material recovery facility (MRF) where they are sorted and baled into nine different products (four kinds of plastic, three kinds of paper, aluminium, steel) and glass. Up to May 1995, the calculated diversion rate was 7% and the recovery rate was 30%. © 1997 ISWA

Key Words: Municipal solid waste management • recovery • recycling • multi-material collection • Greece.


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