Water conservation

The remote island of Tilos has won the prestigious European Business Promotion Awards 2024 (EEPA), surpassing strong initiatives from Austria and the Netherlands, thanks to its groundbreaking “Just Go Zero Tilos” program. The European Commissioner praised the “moving effort of a small, remote island” in achieving this success.

The alarm about the decline of water resources in the country due to climate change, which she describes as extremely serious and constantly worsening, has been sounded by Elisabeth Feloni, professor of hydrology at the University of West Attica

The Environment Ministry is advocating for modifications to waste management practices at the municipal and national levels through a legislative amendment.

The restoration of a nearly 2,800-year-old water cistern from the Urartu period, found within Harput Castle in Türkiye's eastern Anatolia region, has been successfully finalized.

Greece can reduce its waste by 35% and recycle 90% of its waste by 2040 without resorting to unnecessary investments that undermine the country's progress toward a circular economy, according to a new study by WWF Hellas (the Greek section of the international environmental organization WWF). 

The country is seeing a surge in fires at recycling plants, with 71 incidents reported in the first seven months of this year alone — up to 40 percent more than in previous years, an expert has warned.

“Water: There’s not enough. Therefore, we are careful to have it.” This was the message Athenians were “bombarded” with every day in the campaign for water conservation during the great drought of the late 1980s and into the mid-1990s.

Things to do so as not to waste money and valuable natural resources

Within the scope of the "Zero Waste Project," the Education Ministry has announced that 66,416 tons of paper has been recycled and 167.7 million Turkish Liras ($5.25 million) in revenue generated to contribute to the national economy by recycling free textbooks which have been distributed every year.

In anticipation of the forthcoming adoption of regulations on packaging and packaging waste, the Association Polymers is spearheading a critical discussion on the pivotal role of recycling.