Greece: The new ubiquity of recycling units

The amendments to the current National Waste Management Plan, which was approved two years ago, were put up for public consultation until October 21 by the Ministry of Environment and Energy. According to the General Secretary of Waste Management Coordination, Mr. Manolis Grafakos, the modification of the plan was deemed necessary, in order to adapt to the new developments of the circular economy as well as to the recent changes in the financing criteria of waste management infrastructures, in order to ensure the financing of infrastructure from NSRF 2021 - 2027.

The amendments make construction of recyclable sorting units mandatory in all new waste management facilities. Thus, one of the most important changes brought by the new amendment concerns the Recycling and Recovery Units. These are the units in which undertake the mechanical sorting of the separately collected recyclable materials and biological treatment of the separately collected organic waste is carried out either by aerobic process or by anaerobic digestion. The Recycling and Recovery Units will also receive residual amounts of Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) which will be subject to mechanical and biological treatment.

Also, a provision is added to the National Waste Management Plan for the preparation and adoption of a national strategy for textile products. It will be aligned with the EU Strategy for Sustainable and Circular Textiles (COM 2022 - 141 final/30.03.2022), which sets out specific actions to ensure that, by 2030, textile products placed on the EU market are long-life, recyclable, made from as much recycled fiber as possible and free of hazardous substances, and that they will be produced with respect for social rights and the environment.

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