Waste

When the great Greek crisis broke in 2010, some of us entertained the hope that the fire - eternal metaphor of destruction - would wake us up, that it would prompt us to take a long, good look at ourselves, to decide who we are and what we want as a nation. Would the flames burn away the chaff that kept Greece tied to self-destructive behaviors?

A prosecutor in the northern port city of Thessaloniki has launched an investigation into the circumstances that led to a municipal sanitation worker sustaining serious injures on the job.

An investigation has been launched in the northern port city of Thessaloniki into the circumstances that led to a municipal santiation worker sustaining serious injures on the job.

Municipal authorities across Greece have until the end of the year to come up with a plan to halve the amount of solid waste that ends up at landfills, Alternate Environment Minister Sokratis Famellos told an event in Thessaloniki over the weekend.

Croatian environmentalists are calling for a more pro-active approach to pollution in the Adriatic resulting from thrown-away plastic items, amid growing fears about their impact on fish, wildlife and human health.

Ships should not gain any financial advantage by dumping waste at sea. To combat dumping, the Council today adopted a general approach on updated rules on port reception facilities which will provide incentives for ships to dispose of their waste on land.

The Mediterranean Sea is quickly turning into a dangerous "plastic trap" with record levels of pollution from micro- and macro-plastics threatening marine species and human health, according to a new report by conservation group WWF.

Bourgas City Council adopted a project proposal for "Design and construction of anaerobic installations for separately collected biodegradable waste". The project is expected to be financed with BGN 30 million under the Operational Program "Environment".   e-Burgas.com wrote about the idea in January.

More than 40 percent of the waste placed in blue dumpsters designated for recyclable materials is estimated to end up in the country's landfills, according to 2016 data seen by Kathimerini.

Newborn baby found in bag next to container by waste management workers in Istanbul