“Impressed” from how the pilot program just go zero works, at the Circular Innovation Center in Tilos, where it was for March 25, said the president of SYRIZA-PS, Alexis Tsipras, in his Facebook post.

In his post he described how it works “this unique recycling program, with which the residents of Tilos have reduced non-recyclable materials to 13%”.

Specifically, he stated: “The island’s landfill was permanently closed and the area once again became part of the island’s natural beauty. There are no bins on the island. Because the basic separation is done at the source. In every home and in every business. Any kind of recyclable material – plastic or paper or glass or aluminum – in a basket. Organics (food scraps) in another. The rest non-recyclable in a third smaller. And every second day employees of the program come to your place to collect them.

Where the dump used to be and smelled for miles, now everything is spotless. Recyclable waste is simply collected and utilized based on the principles of the circular economy. By composting, recycling and reusing. The key to all this is people’s awareness and everyone’s participation in the process. Residents, visitors, workers who go door-to-door, door-to-door, explain the process to the residents, solve all their questions. The “third age” is a pioneer in recycling and participates with great enthusiasm. Students and families have set the goal of zero waste footprint in the natural environment in their daily lives.”

Closing his post, Mr. Tsipras points out: “In the small community of Tilos I saw and recorded a small miracle: The reduction of waste by almost 90%, with a process that promises a lot on larger scales, in our cities, in our country. In the small community of Tilos I saw a practical example of the Greece we want, the homeland we deserve”.