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The Municipality of Aglantzia thanks you for your contribution to a Contemporary European City
What is the “Holistic Waste Management” program
The Holistic Waste Management Program is a rational method of waste management that aims to link waste generation to billing. That is, to implement the European Polluter Pays Directive.
AIM
Citizens can significantly reduce the cost of waste they have been paying, with the practical application of the philosophy:
WHICH ARE THE VARIOUS STREAMS?
YOU TOO CAN BENEFIT
Limit the use of purple bags to the minimum
Easy and inexpensive to produce of natural fertilizer for plants and trees of your garden via domestic composting
The special bag is available at a number of points of sale and its cost is comparable to the classic garbage bags
The paper waste collection service is provided to the public
free of charge.
The municipality, via the bulky items stream, provides a
list of licensed carriers that, at a small fee,
will transport the waste to the Green Point
The collection is made using the special biodegradable Paper Bag.
Recycle glass jars and bottles placing them in the green glass recycling bells
QUICK REFFERENCE GUIDE
| WASTE STREAM | INLUDED | BELONGS | EXCLUDED | CHARGE |
| 1 PLASTIC & METAL PACKAGING PMD | plastic containers, plastic bags, metal packaging, cans, tetrapak packaging |  |
plastic chairs | NO |
| 2 GLASS PACKAGING | glass containers, glass bottles, glass jars |  |
window glasses | NO |
| 3 PAPER RECYCLING | cardboard boxes, newspapers, magazines, leaflets, books, stationery |  |
toilet paper | NO |
| 4 BULKY ITEMS | mattresses, furniture large plastic toys electrical equipment rubble, trees large branches |  | NO unless a third party transport service to the Green point is used | |
| 5 HOME COMPOSTER | garden waste fruit and vegetables tree leaves, grass garden weeds ash, eggshells coffee, tea |  |
plastic metal | NO |
| 6 PRUNINGS PAPER BAG | pruning lawn cuttings |  |
plastic metal | YES by purchasing the special paper compostable bag |
| 7 RESIDUAL WASTE PAYT | any waste that does not fall in any other category |  | YES by purchasing the special purple bag |
LEARN FROM THE MUNICIPALITY HOW A TOWN CAN MOVE TO HOLISTIC WASTE MANAGEMENT
The Holistic Waste Management Program is a rational method of waste management that aims to link waste generation to billing. That is, to implement the European Polluter Pays Directive.
The program provides the public with increased recycling opportunities as waste that can now be separated and recycled increases significantly.
