Workshop on “Sustainable waste management” organized by the National Technical University of Athens and Vrilissia Municipality

On the 20th of December 2021, a workshop under the thematic of “Sustainable waste management” targeting academics, researchers and students was organized by the National Technical University of Athens in collaboration with Vrilissia Municipality. To this end, representatives of all academic level of the National Technical University of Athens, as well as representatives of the Association of Secondary Education Officers of Athens B’ Department were invited. Amongst the 28 participants, there were also representatives of technical interest for the project from Vrilissia Municipality. The speakers involved the: Mayor of Vrilissia Municipality, Mr Xenofon Maniatogiannis Professor of NTUA, Ms Maria Loizidou President

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LIFE PAYT project promotes an information campaign for the residents in Vrilissia

In June 2020, the municipality of Vrilissia (in Greece) promoted an information, awareness and active citizen participation campaign in the demonstration area of ​​the LIFEPAYT Project. For this purpose, leaflets explaining the PAYT system that will be implemented in this area were distributed to residents, as well as demonstrations were carried out closed to the containers to show how  this equipment should be used.

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PAYT weight-based bins pilot testing, in Vrilissia Municipality

Ten PAYT waste bins have been placed for pilot testing at Vrilissia Municipality. A few citizens at the project demonstration area were trained and informed about the project in order to record potential issues. This way, the PAYT project team had the chance to adjust several issues, thus facilitating the implementation of the full scale demonstration phase of the project.

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The LIFE PAYT project joins event in Greece

The LIFE PAYT project team was present at the “6th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management” that took place in Naxos (Greece), between the 13th and 17th of June, with the presentations “Environmental considerations on MSW collection: A local case of study through LCA application ”, promoted by Álvaro Braña and“ Overview of Pay-as-you-throw waste tariffs experiences in Portugal ”, prepared by Anita Neves. The presentations are available on the event website for consultation at: https://naxos2018.uest.gr/

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Local event for the waste management authorities in Vrilissia

The 1st local event organized for the waste management authorities of the Ministries, Municipalities and various sectors, presented informations about the current composting plan as well as the technical specifications of the new waste containers that will be placed in the Municipality of Vrilissia. The event was co-organized together with another event (for 1 day) coordinated by the City Council of Vrilissia, dealing with the source-separation of waste and also home-composting, on June 28, 2017. Professor Loizidou gave a full presentation on the demonstration phase of the LIFE PAYT project in the Municipality of Vrilissia, while Vice President Alexis Mavraganis

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5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management

The experience gained from the development and implementation of advanced waste management schemes, as well as the pilot implementation of LIFE PAYT project at the Municipality of Vrilissia were highlighted on the presentation of A. Mavraganis under the title “Solid waste management in Vrilissia municipality” (5th International Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management, 21-24 June, 2017).

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