The innovative separate waste collection program for Hazardous Household Waste (HHW) continues with the addition of another bin at the corner of Aianis and G. Gennimata Street, opposite the stadium, as part of the collaboration between DIADYMA and the Municipality of Kozani.
kladopoulou kladopoulouMarch 6, 2025
The Ministry of Environment and Energy (MEEN), coordinator of the LIFE-IP CEI-Greece project – LIFE18 IPE/GR/000013 "Implementation of Circular Economy in Greece", along with three (3) partners—the Green Fund, the Hellenic Recycling Agency (HRA), and the Ecological Recycling Society (ERS)—organized an event on February 21, 2025, as part of the VERDE TEC Exhibition. The event presented the project’s initial results and fostered discussions on the significance and future of Circular Economy in Greece.
The LIFE-IP CEI-Greece project is coordinated by MEEN and implemented in collaboration with 19 strategic partners. Its ultimate goal is to contribute to the implementation of the National Waste Management Plan, the National Waste Prevention Program, and the National Strategy for Circular Economy.
View here the Press Release
kladopoulou kladopoulouMarch 5, 2025
An online EU Thematic Workshop on the topic of "Sustainable recycling practices Standards for circular economy" is organized by the Hellenic Organization for Standardization (ELOT) in collaboration with the Hellenic Ministry of Environment and Energy, in the framework of the project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, titled: “Circular Economy Implementation in Greece” (LIFE18 IPE/GR/000013), on Thursday 26 September 2024,09:00-16:00.
kkoligiorgaAugust 15, 2024
The municipality of Thessaloniki, a co-beneficiary of the project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, organized a regional awareness raising event (Info Day), with great success, on Friday 8 March 2024, at the international exhibition “Forward Green Expo”, regarding the implementation of circular economy, in the context of action E1.7 of the european project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece "Circular Economy Implementation in Greece".
The event, that attracted a large number of participants from interested parties and stakeholders, hosted greeting speeches from the General Secretary of Waste Management Coordination, Mr. Manolis Grafakos and the President of the Hellenic Recycling Agency, Mr. Vaggelis Karamintzios.
epolitopoulouMarch 21, 2024
A regional "Info Day" with a "Capacity Building Workshop" have been succesfully organized by the Green Fund, the Region of North Aegean and DAFNI Network, from December 4 until 7, 2023, in a number of North Aegean islands, in the context of the european integrated LIFE project, LIFE-IP CEI-Greece, LIFE 18/IPE/GR000013 "Circular Economy Implementation in Greece".
epolitopoulouFebruary 24, 2024
A digital repository for Circular Economy has been recently launched and is currently accessible to all, developed in the context of LIFE-IP CEI-Greece.The repository operates as a systematically organized database with information about circular economy - documents about national standards, technical specifications and other relevant criteria - that will be constantly updated to provide complete and immediate access to important documents.
epolitopoulouFebruary 12, 2024
In the context of the european project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece "Circular Economy Implementation in Greece" coordinated by the Ministry of Environment & Energy in collaboration with 19 strategic partners, food waste prevention forums are organized, with regular working meetings and the ultimate goal to develop voluntary agreements and relevant policy tools.
The 2nd Forum for the Prevention of Food Waste Generation, will take place on Monday 2 October 2023, at Harokopio University in Athens.
View here further information about the 2nd Forum including the Programme.
epolitopoulouSeptember 19, 2023
In the context of the european project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece "Circular Economy Implementation in Greece" the Harokopio University in collaboration with the Ministry of Enviroment & Energy organize a thematic workshop on Thursday 28 September, 11.30-13.30 (at Harokopio University, 70 El. Venizelou Avenue, Kallithea, 17676, Attica, New Building, Events Hall) about agro-food waste and the bioeconomy.
In the workshop, experts will present their scientific arguments and findings for the stage of the agri-food sector in relation to a number of axis such as: strengthening the prevention of food waste and losses at the level of (European) policy and practice, improving the utilization of food waste in high-quality products, developing and applying technological and social innovations, the principles of circular economy on ecosystems, etc.
epolitopoulouSeptember 10, 2023
The european project LIFE-IP CEI-Greece will take part in the 10th international conference UEST 2023 (https://chania2023.uest.gr) at Chania Crete, in the networking session of the european programme LIFE >>> (LIFE Networking Session, 22/6/2023, Room 4, 15.00-18.00)
epolitopoulouJune 20, 2023
