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00:07Small islands like Tilos here in Greece all face the same problem. Rubbish.
00:13Shipping it somewhere else is just too expensive.
00:16So most such islands do what Tilos used to do. Bury everything in a landfill.
00:22Out of sight, out of mind.
00:24But few years ago Tilos decided to stop doing that.
00:27Today this is officially the first zero waste island on the planet.
00:37Tilos, an idyllic island in the southeast of the Greek archipelago, draws visitors who value its quiet coastlines.
00:45Like Mavis Williams, who bought a house here seven years ago.
00:49But then she was told something unexpected.
00:52There is no more taking rubbish out to street bins.
00:56From now on, someone would come to collect it at her door.
01:00I remember thinking, goodness, is this really going to work?
01:03Because, you know, we have a village which has got little narrow streets.
01:06How are they going to get up and collect all this waste?
01:09Before we had these big huge bins and they were overflowing.
01:13People would leave things beside it.
01:15Every resident received special bags to sort recyclables and organic waste at home for the collection teams to pick up.
01:23They're so efficient at collecting everything.
01:26You don't feel that you've got waste hanging around at all.
01:29Every waste bag and bin in Tilos carries an individual QR code.
01:33When collectors scan it, they log the weight of each bag on the spot.
01:38The data helps managers run the system more efficiently, flag problems early, and gives residents a way to track their
01:46own recycling through a mobile app.
01:49In Livadia, the island's main village, small electric vehicles handle collections from the residents, as well as hotels, restaurants, and
01:58other businesses along the seafront.
02:26Tilos used to send 87% of its waste to land.
02:30That figure is now zero. The island has no landfill at all.
02:36The site that was once a large rubbish heap, with plastic blowing onto nearby beaches, is now the center of
02:43circular innovation, where all the island's waste is sorted and processed.
02:48At this time, we're standing up to the valley of Stilu, which has closed.
02:55There's no more choice than that.
02:57There's no more choice than that.
02:58And there's a new system.
02:59A new system.
03:01A new system.
03:02A new system.
03:03A new system.
03:27A new system.
03:31Plastics, glass, aluminium, batteries, textiles, and more.
03:35It's then compressed and shipped to the mainland.
03:38Not as rubbish, but as valuable raw material for recycling.
04:01The materials, as if the materials are not separate, the materials are very, very difficult for us to do this.
04:11The small fraction that cannot be recycled is converted into alternative fuel.
04:18Food scraps and other organic waste are composted into fertilizer.
04:26Here we have the material from the composting of organic nutrients.
04:31These are very helpful for the soil, as there are materials that can help the development of the plants of
04:41Tilo.
04:42They are provided to the residents.
04:48From a landfill to a model of circularity, a transformation recognized by zero waste cities, a European certification standard.
04:55It's not the first time Tilos has led the way.
04:58The island switched to renewable electricity years ago.
05:01That instinct or environmental thinking helped when Polygrim, a Greek waste management company,
05:08brought its zero waste concept to the island, with backing from the region of South Aegean.
05:14A door-to-door education campaign brought residents on board, one household at a time.
05:19Mayor Maria Kamma explains.
05:22Mayor Maria Kamma explains.
05:22Pήγαμε πρώτα απ' όλα στα σχολεία, οπότε πήσαμε τους μαθητές.
05:27Οι μαθητές το μεταφέρανε στους γονείς τους.
05:32Και από εκεί και πέρα άρχισε να διαδίδεται όλο αυτό.
05:38Πήγαμε, μιλήσαμε στους μεγαλύτερης ηλικίας ανθρώπους.
05:43Και τους είπαμε, δε θα έχουμε κάδω στους δρόμους, και που θα πηγαίνουν τα σκουπίδια μας.
05:49Δε θα τα πηγαίνετε πουθενά, θα ερχόμαστε εμείς και θα τα παίρνουμε από το σπίτι σας, οπότε αυτό τους χαροποίησε.
05:54But what about the tourists?
05:57With around 500 permanent residents, the island's economy depends heavily on seasonal visitors.
06:03With only a few public bins remaining, tourists carry their rubbish back to their hotel.
06:10The clean streets seem to make it worthwhile, at least for this visitor from England.
06:16I've not had a problem at all.
06:18I just put it in my backpack and it's aesthetically pleasing.
06:21è molto piacere di guardare, invece che non si tratta di scendere.
06:26Non c'è nulla di scendere.
06:28Il islando non è solo reciclando il suo waste,
06:31è producendo troppo meno.
06:34Residenti di Tilos now throw away 43% meno
06:38di quando il progetto è iniziato.
06:40Conoscendo che tutto è processato da mano
06:43e potendo attraverso le loro figlie
06:45alloggiare le persone,
06:47ha pushato le persone a ridurre,
06:49riportare e riportare,
06:50invece di riportare.
06:54Statis Kontos è il segretario generale,
06:57il senior administrativo manager
06:58della municipale di Tilos.
07:19ciò che si tratta di un progetto di Tilos.
07:34Il progetto di Tilos è pronto a crescere.
07:35Il progetto di Tilos è stato di spiegare.
07:37Il progetto di Tilos è stato di spiegare il modello
07:38e il progetto di Tilos di Tilos.
07:46di Tilos.
07:47Il progetto di Tilos.
07:48Il progetto di Tilos.
07:52Il progetto di Tilos.
08:00Il progetto di Tilos.
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