Catering industry professionals request measures for better waste collection.

A meeting was organised on Thursday by Corfu Old Town Association of Catering and Related Professions at the Reading Society. The representative of the new municipal authority at the meeting was the elected municipal councillor Spyros Neratzis. The purpose was to provide information and have a discussion with the members of the Association on the crucial issue of waste collection, with the goal being the reduction of waste volume.

The professionals stated that the predominant issues for their businesses are the matter of waste collection from their establishments, which the municipality's small vehicle has difficulty accessing, street and bin cleaning, collection hours, the management of bio-waste, and the removal of bins from iconic cultural monuments.

Pilot Programme

Mr. Neratzis said that the new municipal authority is considering the implementation of a pilot programme, initially involving 100 businesses in the town. The goal is to reduce the volume of waste in the bins. The plan will focus on establishments that, up to now, the municipality's small vehicle has been unable to reach. "We are considering initiating a pilot programme for 100 businesses to implement sorting at source," he said. "First, we need to identify the establishments with issues, and then, in the second phase, it will be implemented."

MARIA BAZDRIYIANNI