Vanya Veras
Environment and Social Responsibility
Mobile: +30 693 651 5500
Website: http://www.vveco.eu
Skype: environnementgrece

Use non-toxic products for cleaning, bathing, and body care.  You will not only protect the environment, but also reduce the risk of disease for you and your family.

2    Buy Less, Consume Less, Throw Away Less

Buy only what you need and what will last. When you need to throw something away, think: Regular garbage or Recycle bin?

3    Shop Local, Fair Trade and Organic

Most food travels vast distances before it reaches your table.  Make informed choices, know where your food comes from and the labelling behind it.

4    Change A Light

Replace your regular light bulbs with energy-saving ones. These lamps save 75% of the electricity use.

5    Install Solar Panels

Install solar panels for all your hot water needs. Profit from the Greek sun.

6    Use Water Carefully

By having showers instead of baths, turning off the tap when brushing your teeth, by watering plants at night and using the hose less. This all adds up to saving you money and reducing water consumption.  Water is a precious resource.

7    Hang Your Laundry Out To Dry

Did you know that dryers are one of the most energy consuming appliances?

8    Turn The Heating Down

Is your house overheated in the winter? The ideal temperature is 18-19°C.  By turning your heating down by just 1ºC, you can save 10% on your electricity bill.

9    Turn Off and Unplug Electronic Devices

You’ll reduce your exposure to electro-magnetic radiation, and save on energy and CO2 emissions.

10  Walk More, Drive Less

Whenever you can, leave your car at home. This is both eco-friendly and health friendly.

11  Start Composting Today

Use the compost as a natural fertilizer for your plants. This can even be accomplished on your balcony.   

12  Remind Yourself Daily

Put these steps up on your fridge.

SUSTAIN YOUR HOME, YOUR PLANET, YOURSELF!

1     PAPER –  Packaging, (e.g. paper cartons, cigarette boxes, egg boxes, 

       kitchen paper inner rolls),  newspapers, magazines, cardboard

2    PLASTIC – bottles, cartons (from yogurts, milk, fruit juice etc), plastic    

      wrap, plastic bags, washing/detergent containers

3     ALUMINIUM – soft drink and beer cans, foil

4     METAL -  tins

5     GLASS – bottles, jars

DO NOT PUT IN   Other refuse such as food, plastic toys, styrene foam

* If you do not have Recycling bins in your area call the local municipality and request that they provide some. If enough people ask maybe they will be convinced!

GREEK RECYCLING COMPANY (EEAA) Tatoiou 21, Kifissia

Tel: 210 8010962-3,  Fax: 210-8012272 email:  info@herrco.gr    www.herrco.gr 

RECYCLING PLACES

MUNICIPALITY OF KIFISSIA, Department of Waste and Cleaning, Viltonioti 29, Kifissia  Tel: 210-6200145/210-6206677

Collects twice a week – car tires, electrical goods, large items e.g. mattresses,

furniture, tree clippings, branches, etc. 

ELECTRICAL APPLIANCES:  Electorcycle picks up household appliances   

Tel: 210-5319780 / 5319762-5   www.electrocycle.gr

You can also contact Agioi Theodori, Tel 210-5319762-5

CAR TYRES: Eco Elastika is in Maroussi, www.ecoelastika.gr

They pick up all sorts of tires and recycle them, by turning them into small pellets of rubber which are then used by companies which make tarmac, football pitches, etc.

CARTRIDGES from Printers: Cartridge World www.cartridgeworld.com

Leof. Kifissias 263, Kifissia Tel: 210-8087001

PAPER:    Box for paper outside the British Embassy St Catherine’s School, Likovrisi

GLASS, PLASTIC, ALUMNIUM CANS:  Box outside AB Supermarket in Centre of Kifissia and the Mega AB parallel to the Ethniki Odo, in Ekali.

Recycle your RAGS: Freedom Kaminia (Pireaus), Ms Eleni Valvi, Tel 210-4813802

BATTERIES: Boxes in Germanos, Elefteroudakis, Vodafone in Kifissia, and in photo shop in N. Erithrea on El Venizelos

USED (FRIED) COOKING OIL: Revive K. Palama 33, Athens Tel 210-2116524  Fax 210-2116615 email: info@revive.gr

MAROUSI RECYCLING/SORTING PLANT: Agiou Konstaninou 40, Marousi 151 24,   Tel 210-6806867.

You can visit this plant by calling the Greek Recycling Co.

NOTE:  Next door to Sorting Plant is the ALUMINIUM RECYCLING PLANT www.canal.gr

ON-LINE FREE EXCHANGE OF GOODS: Freecycle www.freecycle.gr

GREEN FARM – Tatoiou 100, Nea Erithrea Tel: 210-6201205

PRASINO Biomarket – Tatoiou 122, Nea Erithrea Tel: 210-6206785   

PRASINO MILO – 26 Makedonias, Kifissia Tel:  210-8050437

LOTUS – 119 Leoforos Marathonos, Anixi Tel: 210-6217007

ILIOSTALA – Vas Othonos 41, Kifissia

YGEIAS HARIN – Drosini 7, Kifissia

The ORGANIC FOOD MARKET takes place every Monday from 14:30-18:30 in Xarilaou Trikoupi next to the Cemetery in Kifissia.

Holes

Treeplanting or carve-up?

Tree-planting or Carve-Up???

I have these questions? The most basic one is: Do the mountains need to be reforested or can the forest regenerate itself naturally? Why are the mountains being reforested in this way? Who is gaining from this? Why are small saplings – pine and oak – being dumped on the side of the road and left to dry out? Why aren’t volunteers being educated on a basic level and shown how to plant the trees properly?  Is it ecological to hand out hundreds of plastic bottles with water and cartons of fruit juice at these events? Is this perhaps a massive public relations exercise by the local councils and television stations?

Perhaps more importantly, how do we redress this problem? What should we do to a) save the tree saplings,  heal the lanscape from these scars c) make sure that these new trees will be watered over the next few months and over the summer. Firstly I think we need to get our hands dirty ie. plant as many remaining trees as we can if that is what is needed, fill in the holes where trees have been planted so that the ground can benefit from any watering, pressure the authorities to water the trees to ensure that at least some of them survive.

Who wants to get their hands dirty?

also see BioRegional’s if you are interested.
http://calculator.bioregional.com/

COMPOST BINS can be bought from:

1. George Pappas Tel 210-6716227, 6972251115

Βύρωνος 17 – Χαλάνδρι 15231 Τηλ: 2106716227 – Φαξ: 2106740089

Α.Φ.Μ: 017428893 – Δ.Ο.Υ. Χαλανδρίου

2. STIHL compost bins    Ka Lafazanoglou – 210 800 0807  Tatoiou 160, N Erithrea

+ Kos Kouretas Pefki Tel 210 6141600

3. Livieratos Alexandros Tel 210-2855904/ 6932761293,

EMVITECH Tel 210-5697250,

DIANA, Aristotelous 5, Tauros 210-3465739, 3458257

4.  French shop LE ROI MERLIN Tel: 210 354 2500 near IKEA

+ from  Companies Stihl and Viking

Ecological Recycling Society

The Ecological Recycling Society has been actively composting since 1995 in the small backyard of the office at Mamai str. in Athens. With the help of GWC project, the place has had more compost bins to show to the public and ERS is able to demonstrate how home composting is performed in a garden or on the balcony. Visitors of ERS can get copies of the toolkit produced by the project and take a small tour in our backyard to see how vermicomposting works and what does the final product of composting looks like.

Main Contact: Dimitris Homatidis
E-mail: dhomatidis@ecorec.gr This email address is being protected from spam bots, you need Javascript enabled to view it
Website: www.ecorec.gr
Telephone: 0030 2108228795
Address: 3 Mamai str.
Athens
104 40
Region: Athens

http://www.growingwithcompost.org/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=38&Itemid=84&lang=en

OTHER SUPPLIERS

http://www.mower-magic.co.uk/acatalog/ALKO_Composter.html

Eg. ALKO 390 Litre Composter  60 Engl pounds

www.mowdirect.co.uk         Compost bin   Alko K390  45 pounds

WEBSITES

www.compostguide.com

The Mediterranean Garden Society www.mediterraneangardensociety.org

http://www.oikoen.gr/selides-compost.htm

http://www.mastercomposter.com/index.html