The Municipality of Chania is proceeding with the placement of indoor brown bins with a capacity of 50L in school units within the area of ​​the brown bin network, for the separate collection of food waste/bio-waste.

The action aims in promoting waste prevention, strengthening recycling and reuse and further improving waste management, in accordance with the Local Plan for Decentralized Solid Waste Management of the Municipality of Chania, the Regional Waste Management Plan (PESDA) of Crete & the National Waste Management Plan 2020 – 2030.

At the same time, visits will be made to the school units, providing important information to the students regarding the importance of the separate waste collection, as well as instructions for their correct participation in the program.

The distributed equipment is part of the project “Biowaste management actions in Chanea Municipality (excluding RECODE implementation area)” with MIS code 5052164 and is financed by the Operational Program – Transport Infrastructure, Environment and Sustainable Development 2014-2020 (YMEPERAA) which is co-founded by the European Union and national public contribution.