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<strong>and</strong> kitchen waste treated in Greece. (Waste Management in Greece National
Report., 2009)
11.4. Best <strong>practices</strong>
11.4.1. The Ano-Liosia plant in Greece
The Ano-Liosia Integrated Waste Management Scheme (Picture 55.) comprises
of a l<strong>and</strong>fill, an industrial unit of incineration of hospital waste <strong>and</strong> a
mechanical recycling scheme for waste. The latter includes a large composting
facility. The plant is situated in the Western suburbs of Athens in Greece. The
factory of mechanical recycling of waste was designed <strong>and</strong> constructed after an
international tender, which was procured by the Association of Communities
<strong>and</strong> Municipalities of the Attica Region (ACMAR). The Scheme is one of the
two largest waste treatment facilities in Greece. The other facility is the
wastewater treatment plant in Psyttaleia which serves a population of
3,000,000. (Morocomp.,2010)
Furthermore, the Factory for mechanical recycling of waste is the largest one in
Europe <strong>and</strong> one of the largest ones in the world. It receives waste from the
Attica region. Currently, the population of Attica exceeds 4.5 million people.
ACMAR is the Public Authority responsible for the management (treatment,
recycling <strong>and</strong> disposal) of Solid Waste of about 95% of the population of the
Attica Region. The construction of the factory of Mechanical Recycling was
funded by the European Union <strong>and</strong> by the Greek government.
The factories capacity is the following:
‣ 1,200 tons/day of refuse
‣ 300 tons/day of sewage sludge generated from the Wastewater
Treatment Plant of the Attica Prefecture
‣ 130 tons/day of green waste (leaves) <strong>and</strong> tree braches