Greece's island of Tilos has become a symbol of sustainability for the whole of Europe, winning the first prize in the “Supporting Sustainable Transition” category at the 2024 European Entrepreneurship Promotion Awards (EEPA) earlier this week.
Tilos also won the...
Greece leads the European Union in smartphone recycling, boasting an almost 18 percent recycling rate, as per Eurostat data. This surpasses the EU average, where only 10 percent of Europeans recycle their old mobile phones.
Eurostat findings highlight Greece, Austria...
Greece's Astypalaia is waving goodbye to petrol and diesel in a groundbreaking project that is introducing electric cars to the Dodecanese island.
As part of the plan, cars are being replaced by electric vehicles (locals and local businesses have been...
In the past two months, Apple, Google, and Samsung have all launched their newest devices with the hope of getting consumers to upgrade ahead of the winter holidays. However, the companies and their clients may also be adding to...
Greece's Tilos island is the island with the greatest recycling rate globally due to a program introduced in December 2021 by a private company.
The program plans to turn Tilos into the first green island globally with zero household trash,...
OceanHero is an organization that funds ocean-bound plastic recovery, recycling infrastructure development, and the technology to transform waste products into new goods -- all by the simple use of a search engine.
OceanHero founder Marvin Burman, from Germany, describes himself...
Greece and Malta rank at the bottom among European Union Member States in waste management and recycling, according to data provided by the Technical Chamber of Greece.
According to estimates by industry experts, 80 percent of garbage goes to landfills,...
More than nine in ten Greeks recycle part of household waste, according to survey results released Wednesday, with nearly all respondents supporting that recycling is an important priority for them.
The survey, conducted by ALCO on a sample of 1,000...
