Pilot Operation of the Municipal Integrated Solid waste management system

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The Waste Management Authority of Eastern Macedonia–Thrace took the initiative to investigate the problem of waste management in the cross border area in cooperation with regional public authorities. The main objective of the project is to accelerate the operation of the existing (in Greece) and under completion in the next year (in Bulgaria) infrastructure for the Integrated Municipal Solid Waste Management Systems and their optimization (the two systems cover a Greek Region and an area larger than one Bulgarian Prefecture). A significant objective is also the public awareness for reducing and recycling of the waste and the exchange of experience between the two systems. In addition, the project will accelerate the implementation of the Directive 2008/98/EC on almost the entire length across the Greek-Bulgarian border, leaving no additional expenditure to 30 Municipalities, compared with their current costs. Last but not least, the project will greatly contribute to dealing with the heavy environmental problems and the environmental pollution in urban areas and will trigger integration of technology regarding waste management by promoting recycling not only to enterprises but to citizens as well.

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