LIFE PAYT Launching Event Presentation by the Municipality of Vrilissia. Focus on the Waste Management mechanisms and the future directions to be pursued towards sustainability.

1. MUNICIPALITY OF VRILISSIA - ATHENS
Waste Management
Where we are – Steps towards achieving our goals

2. MUNICIPALITY OF VRILISSIA
SECTOR OF ENVIRONMENT & CIVIL
PROTECTION
Alexis Mavraganis
Ò Vice Mayor for Sanitation & Recycling - Civil
Protection and Special Environmental Issues
Ò Political Scientist – MSc Environmental
Governance & Sustainable Development,
Panteion University (Athens).

3. ABOUT VRILISSIA-ATHENS
Ò Vrilissia (Greek: Βριλήσσια) is a suburban municipality of
the North Athens regional unit, in the Attica region, located in
the southwestern foot of the Penteli Mountain.
Ò At the 2011 census, the municipality had 30,741 residents.
Ò The area of the municipality is 3.856 sq. km (1.489 sq. miles).
Ò The maximum building height in the center is equivalent to four
floors, while particularly high is also the number of private
gardens.
Ò The area is connected with the Athenian public transport
system with two commuter railway stations, a metro station &
several (relatively frequent) buses to neighboring suburbs as
well as the centre of Athens.
Ò The website is: www.vrilissia.gr

4. ABOUT VRILISSIA-ATHENS

5. THE WASTE MANAGEMENT SITUATION BEFORE
THE PASSING OF THE LOCAL WASTE
MANAGEMENT PLAN /JUNE 2015
Ò 5 different garbage trucks routes - Collection of
mixed waste (1200 bins)
Ò 2 different recycle trucks routes - Collection of
mixed recycle materials (500 bins)
Ò 5 bins for glass recycling placed near restaurants.
Ò A few itineraries during Sat/Sun & holidays
Ò Users are charged a rate based on surface size
(m2), and based on the type of use of space.
Houses/1,30€ - Stores under 200m2/2,80 € -
Stores - Super Markets e.t.c. over 200m2/4,35 € &
over 1000m2/6,52 €

6. PRODUCED QUANTITIES OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
Mixed waste fall 18% (Because of the recession)
- Recycle fall 17% for the period 2011-2014
- Recycle increase 7.4% in 2015
- Garbage in the recycle 46% (Bad performance)
Year Mixed Waste Recycle Pure
Recycle
Garbage
in
recycle
cubes
Landfill
(Overall)
(tn) % (tn) %
2011 15481 2104 1306 798 16279
2012 13526 -12.6 1862 -11.5 1012 850 14376
2013 13683 1.2 1625 -12.7 840 785 14468
2014 13249 -3.2 1539 -5.3 818 721 13970
2015 12594 -4.9 1653 7.4 787 786 13380

7. PRODUCES QUANTITIES OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
- Constant rate of mixed waste fall in last years
- Increase of the recycle during the last 2 years
Mixed Waste
10000
11000
12000
13000
14000
15000
16000
17000
18000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year
tn
%
Recycle
1000
1500
2000
2500
3000
2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016
Year
tn

8. PRODUCED QUANTITIES OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
Ò (*) Results of the first 8-months period
Year Mixed
Waste
Recycle Organics Green
Waste
Glass
2015(*) 8390 525 20
2016(*) 8087 580 129 375 11

9. QUALITATIVE COMPOSITION OF MUNICIPAL WASTE
Composition % tn
Organic 44 6523
Paper/ cardboard 22 3261
Plastic 14 2075
Metal 4 593
Glass 4 593
Wood 5 741
Other 7 1038
TOTAL 100 14825

10. CURRENT SITUATION & GOALS IN WASTE MANAGEMENT
AFTER THE APPROVAL OF THE L.W.M. PLAN/JUNE 2015
Ò Short, Middle & Long Term Goals
- Separate collection of different kinds of waste in
short term (already implementing)
- Use Pay As You Throw approach in middle term
- Construct a central “green point” and 4 small “gp”
to elaborate different sort of waste / recyclables in
the long term (3-5 years)
Ò Strategic cooperation with Attica Regional
Government, with (public) Regional Association in
Waste Management (EDSNA) & with NTUA for
implement “LIFE – PAYT”
- Action Plan in several steps (10)

11. ACTION PLAN IN COOPERATION WITH
STRATEGIC PARTNERS (SHORT TERM)
Ò Action 1.
- separate collection of organics & recyclables at
the street farmers market compost
Ò Action 2.
- separate collection from super markets &
grocery stores compost
2016
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Total
kg
Actions
1 & 2 6.190 15.020 11.800 10.225 10.430 10.500 9.210 2.050 7.050 3.250 ? ? 85.725

12. OPEN AIR MARKET - SOURCE SEGREGATION

13. ACTION PLAN IN COOPERATION WITH
STRATEGIC PARTNERS (SHORT TERM) II
Ò Action 3.
- separate collection of green waste (branches-
pruning) dumpster compost
Ò Action 4.
- Increase to 650 of the recycle bins (+150) and
withdrawal of about 100 mixed waste bins
Ò Action 5.
- Increase from 5 to 40 bins (bells) only for glass
waste near every store & home.
2016
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Total
kg
Action
3
11.860 27.200 28.780 69.050 36.800 41.840 32.230 18.420 47.370 61.760 375.310

14. SEPARATE COLLECTION OF GREEN WASTE

15. INCREASE TO 650 OF THE RECYCLE BINS (+150)

16. INCREASE TO 40 BINS ONLY FOR GLASS

17. GLASS RECYCLE
Year Glass quantities (tn)
2015 (20 buckets) 12.8
2016 (40 buckets) (estimated) 20.5

18. ACTION PLAN IN COOPERATION WITH
STRATEGIC PARTNERS (SHORT TERM) III
Ò Action 6.
Ò Introduction of separate collection of organic
waste with (300 + 50) new (brown) bins for organic
waste (gradually) for every waste producer (homes
and stores). An ongoing process, in which an
amount of 150 bins for organics, has already been
placed at the half of the area of the municipality.
Ò The action is being supported by promotion
programs.
2016
JAN FEB MAR APR MAY JUN JUL AUG SEP OCT NOV DEC
Total
kg
Action
6 0 0 0 0 0
4.680 5.730 5.580 10.360 16.200 42.550

19. NEW (BROWN) BINS FOT ORGANICS

20. NEW (BROWN) BINS FOT ORGANICS

21. ACTION PLAN IN COOPERATION WITH EDSNA
(SHORT TERM) IV
Ò Action 7.
- Paper & cardboard recycle in schools & other ΅key΅
areas – places of interest in the main area of the
Municipality, with an easy access for everyone who
wants to deposit recyclables (work in progress)
Ò Action 8.
- Contract approval by the local council setting specific
points-places for electric and electronic (materials)
recycle
Ò Action 9.
- Contract approval by the local council for free disposal
of tires (vehicle tires) to the central recycle system.

22. ACTION PLAN – LIFE “PAYT” IN COOPERATION WITH NTUA &
MUNICIPALITIES-UNIVERSITIES OF 3 EU COUNTRIES
Ò Action 10 – Life PAYT
- Reduce residual waste from household and
commerce
- Increase recycling rates for packaging materials
- Transit to models of fairer tariffs not based on
surface charges (m2) but on PAYT policies
- Demonstrate that PAYT is feasible - Change the
local & state view in this approach
- Give inspiration to wider regions with the same
problems (mainly in south European countries)

23. ACTION PLAN – LIFE “PAYT” IN COOPERATION WITH NTUA &
MUNICIPALITIES-UNIVERSITIES OF 3 EU COUNTRIES
- Waste tariffs to lead to a reduction in unsorted
waste and to an increase in material recovery
from source segregated recyclables
- Contributing to a resource efficient Europe and
to the implementation of the European
environmental strategies and policies.

24. MEETING THE GOALS
* Based on Results of the first 10-months period of 2016
** Based on Results of the first 10-months period of 2016
***Based on Results of the first 8-months period of 2016 and on
implied quantities (number of dumsters)
Action 2015 2016 2017 2018 2019 2020 2025
3. Green
waste
(tn)
15
62
500
450*
771 1028 1285 1542 1927
1, 2 & 6
Organics
(tn)
170
154**
758 1010 1263 1515 1667
5. Glass
(tn)
13
13
20
21***
44 59 74 89 178

25. THANK YOU VERY MUCH…
Thank you all for your time and thank you for
your actions towards a sustainable and greener
future.