FROM LOCAL TO

GLOBAL
ENVIRONMENTAL
AWARENESS
12th Gymnasio of Heraklion

1st LTT: ENERGY & RECYCLING

Poland, 25th – 29th OCTOBER 2021

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 ENERGY

 All our activities

 Our economy

 Our civilisation

 Our lives depend on consuming energy

Demand for energy is growing all over
the globe as people get richer and the
world population increases.
In Greece we spend a lot of energy.
1.7% goes to the 1.4% goes to
farming sector other sectors

22.8% goes to the

industries

24.3% goes to
households

36.7% goes to
transfers
13% goes to trades
and services
 ENERGY IN GREECE
 It used to be public

 But in the last 10 years private companies

have started to produce energy as well.
 ENERGY IN GREECE

 Is still largely dependent on fossil fuels

 Oil and natural gas are imported

 Lignite, hydropower, wind and solar energy

are domestic
 LIGNITE
•It is a low carbonated coal

•the main fuel for Greece in

the past
 Oil
Greek islands use oil for energy production:
▪ it is easily transferred in ships
▪ but inefficient and expensive
 Natural Gas
We import and transfer it to our factories where we produce
electric power.
 Natural Gas
For the year 2020 natural gas took the first
place among fossil fuels in Greece
Black energy - Environmental problems

Air pollution

Greenhouse effect – Global Warming

Water pollution

Soil pollution
 HYDRO-POWER
 In Greece, there are small hydro-power plants
 Solar energy
The solar energy sector includes solar photovoltaic and solar
thermal power
Solar photovoltaic power transforms an amount of the sun’s
radiation directly into electricity
 Solar energy
 Greece has one of the highest solar power potentials in
the EU because of its climate
 Wind energy
Wind energy is the process in which wind is
used to generate electricity.

Wind turbines convert the kinetic energy of the

wind into mechanical power and electricity
Greece is really trying to reduce the use of coal -
lignite and oil, that have the most harmful effect
on the environment.

The use of natural gas is increasing.

Renewables sources of energy are gaining

ground over fossil fuels in Greek energy
production
RE
 COSMIC
RECYCLING
THIS IS A GIGANTIC
REGION OF SPACE
CALLED A NEBULA. FOR
MILLIONS OF YEARS
NEW STARS HAVE BEEN
BORN OUT OF THE GAS
IN THIS NEBULA. AND
FOR MILLIONS OF
YEARS THESE STARS
HAVE BEEN DYING,
RETURNING THE GAS
TO THE NEBULA, SO THE
CIRCLE COULD BEGIN
AGAIN.
 RECYCLING
ON EARTH
RECYCLING ON EARTH IS
AN ANCIENT AFFAIR THAT
BEGINS TOGETHER WITH
THE LIFE ON THE PLANET.
A TYPICAL EXAMPLE IS THE
PERPETUAL FERTILIZATION
OF THE PLANTS BY DEAD
ORGANISMS, FECES,
ROTTEN ORGANIC
MATERIALS.
EVEN BLACK GOLD, SO
IMPORTANT IN MODERN
ECONOMY, IS A RECYCLING
PRODUCT.
 RECYCLING IN GREECE
IN ANCIENT
GREECE IN GREECE TODAY
 RECYCLING IN ANCIENT GREECE

IN ANCIENT GREECE THE MATERIALS THEY USED WERE: TERRACOTA ,

GLASS, IVORY, STONE, WOOD, LEATHER, BRONZE, SILVER, AND GOLD.
THE METAL OBJECTS AND THE GLASS WERE MELTED AND REUSED OR
WHEN BROKEN WERE SOLDERED AND REUSED.
 IVORY ,BONES, TEETH
• DEPENDING ON THE
SHAPE OF THE BONE,
THEY SERVED AS
SPATULAS OR
SPOONS AND
SCRAPERS.

• THE LEATHER HELMET

WAS COVERED WITH
WILD BOAR TEETH FOR
EXTRA PROTECTION.
 TERRACOTA
• THE BIG CERAMIC VESSELS , HARD
TO CARRY , WERE BUILT INTO OR
UNDER THE FLOOR FOR STORAGE
OR DRAINAGE.
• SMALLER FRAGMENTS OF CERAMICS
WERE USED IN A LOT OF DIFFERENT
WAYS, LIKE:
• SCRAP PAPER TO SEND
MESSAGES AND MAKE
LISTS,
• FOR CHILDREN’S WRITING
PRACTICE AND
• FOR THE WELL KNOWN
YEARLY OSTRACISM IN
ATHENS
 TODAY
Greece
A Late Developer in
Recycling
“The country’s waste management
situation is a major structural
problem,”
the EU Commission stated in an
Environmental Implementation
Review on Greece in February 2017.
A recycling rate of 13,2 percent
(the average for the EU is around
50%) from the total waste, has
been complained by the EU
Commission several times and
costs the country a lot of money.
Between 2010 – 2019 , though,
the recycling rate of Greece has
raised to 23%, a really promising
change indeed.
 Almost half of the waste in Greece is
organic, and since there was no
market available for compost , this
kind of waste ended up in landfills.

In 1997, Greece disposed of its

waste by a number of 6,500
uncontrolled landfills.
Illegal Landfill
In 2014, the EU commission found
out that 70 illegal landfills were still
in use and 223 had been closed
Sanitary Landfill but not remediated.

Latest figures (2016 ) show 20

uncontrolled, still used and 46
closed, but not sanitary landfill
sites and 21 necessarily further
used deposits.
 Regarding packaging waste,
the Hellenic Recovery Recycling
Corporation (HE.R.R.Co) represents
1,893 affiliated companies and collaborates with 297 local authorities

According to the corporation,

157,000 Blue Bins, and more
than
7,000 Blue Bells have been
placed for citizens to deposit
all packaging waste.
In 2016 there was a 13 %
increase in packaging waste
processed in comparison to
2015.

Since 29 November 2017 , the Greece municipalities are responsible for the collection,
transport and storage of waste and are allowed to manage the recyclable material and
generate profits by themselves.
In May 2017 an Integrated
Waste Management
System started in the
Western Macedonia region.

Two more in northern

Greece are being planned
and signed, and the EU
Partnership Program
provides 150 million Euro
for two more projects, in
Attika.
 AWARENESS - INFORMATION &
COMMUNICATION

HE.R.R.Co has developed actions and special communication programs

aiming at raising awareness and mobilising citizens through :
1. NATIONAL CAMPAIGNS ON PRINTED AND DIGITAL MEDIA
2. ADS AND PROGRAMS ON NATIONAL RADIO AND TELEVISION
3. SENSITISING THE EDUCATIONAL COMMUNITY :
❖Activities for children
❖ Educational Programs in Schools
4. OTHER COMMUNICATIVE ACTIONS
THANK YOU