Tracing the Path of Greece’s Plastic Waste

Authors: Alexandros Avramidis, Alexia Kalaitzi, Giorgos Christides

In collaboration with Greenpeace Greece and Basel Action Network, we put trackers on plastic waste from recycle bins and followed their path. Some turned up in landfills, while some was exported to the Balkans. In the end, many of the myths surrounding recycling were dispelled.