20/11/2021 Invitation by the Municipality of Ikaria to the public for the pickup of olive prunings. Ikaria has about 1/5 of its area (254.4 km²) covered by olive groves and at this time the olives are pruned. Large quantities of pruning accumulate in the fields and must be removed. Until today, farmers burn them by increasing the CO2 in the atmosphere. The Municipality of Ikaria decided to effectively address the issue of recycling, composting, reuse. In this context, it decided to collect the olive prunings and to support the creation of a young Cooperative Enterprise of a social character in order to crush the prunings and to process them into pellets and briquettes.

24/11/2021 Gathering olive prunings

25/11/2021 Gathering olive prunings

26/11/2021 Gathering olive prunings

27/11/2021 Information event for the plans of the Municipality, in collaboration with the citizens for the management of pruning and other green waste for composting and/or energy utilization (pellets and briquettes).

28/11/2021 Evaluation of the action – expected results – methodology – schedule.