Integrated Waste Management of the Region of Peloponnese

The Project is developed in three (3) Subsections – Management Units of the Peloponnese Region, and includes:

• Three Integrated Waste Management Units (IWMUs) and in particular:
• three (3) Waste Processing Units (WPUs)
• Three (3) Sanitary Landfill Sites (SLSs)
• Two (2) Waste Transfer Stations (WTSs)
• Three (3) Transitional Management Units (TMUs), which will operate until the completion of the IWMU Units.
• Improvement projects of access roads to WPUs and WTSs.

The TMUs/WMUs-SLSs are located in Arkadia, Messinia, and Laconia, while the WTSs are in Corinth and Argolis. This ensures that waste collection occurs within a distance of less than 50 kilometers from the regional capitals, minimizing the transportation needs from the municipalities.

The project, by using state-of-the-art technology has the minimum possible environmental and energy footprint, implements most of the Peloponnese Regional Waste Management Plan, operates alongside and in addition to the Local Recycling Programs of municipalities, and applies the best practices when it comes to the principles of circular economy.

In the context of this project, 800 jobs have already been created during the construction period and 200 permanent jobs will emerge during the operating period, i.e. for the next almost 30 years (27 years). These benefits in terms of employment do not include the indirect jobs and benefits that will be generated from the operation of the project in the area (in areas such as transport, trading of recyclables, accommodation of personnel etc.).

By implementing an investment of €167 million (€70 million funded by ESPA), the Region of the Peloponnese is entering the era of circular economy, recovering and utilizing over 80% of biodegradable materials, recycling high-quality recyclables, diverting at least 50,000 tons of liquid waste from landfills, and generating green energy to meet the needs of 6,000 households, while simultaneously avoiding the emission of 24,000 tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.