On Monday, January 25, the creation of the municipal network of a separate collection of electronic and electrical equipment was completed, in which the Municipality of Central Corfu and the Diapontia Islands proceeded for the first time in all its administrative boundaries. The collection concerns:

 

  • light bulbs

  • ink cartridges

  • small electronic and electrical appliances

 

and now the citizens can throw them in specially designed bins that have been placed in the buildings that house the municipal services in all the Municipal Units of the Municipality, including the Diapontia Islands.

 

The process of placing the bins was carried out by the Cleaning Service, which will do the collection, in the presence of the Deputy Mayor of European Programs and Development, Ms. Panagiota Tzanne, and the Scientific Advisor, Mr. Victor Dimoulis since this project is part of the obligations of the Municipality Central Corfu and the Diapontia Islands in the context of its participation in the program “100 Intelligent Cities” of the European Commission (100 Intelligent Cities Challenge), where the Municipality has declared as its main theme “Waste Management and the Circular Economy”.

Thus, for the first time, citizens have the same right and, above all, the ability to dispose of environmentally correct and safe EEE waste in the 10 special bins for separate collection of electronic and electrical appliances, the 10 special bins for separate collection of cartridges and the 20 special bins Collection of separately mounted lamps.

Visit the “Recycling Map” for more information.