Lavrio, GREECE

Partnername   Location
Municipality of Lavrio
   Country Greece
  Region Attika
  City Lavrio
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Action Planning in Lavrion, Greece

Landfills in Greece are an acute problem because most landfills out of 3000 sites have been operating illegally with severe negative environmental and social impacts. Although Greece has decided to close all existing landfills most of them are still in operation. Currently for 75% of the landfills redevelopment plans have been approved.

Kaminada landfill in the area of Lavreotiki (17 hectares)
This landfill or 'chada' of Lavriotiki is such an uncontrolled landfill operating untill recently in Greece. It is situated just 2.5 kilometres from the city of Lavrio. It started in 1974 and was managed and operated by the Municipality of Lavrio. It has been serving the Municipality of Lavrio (almost 11.000 inhabitants) and another small village of almost 700 inhabitants. Its heighest top is over 37 metres.

From the beginning the landfill has been causing environmental degradation and was posing severe dangers to the area and public health. The waste was burned with high risks of a fire outbreak in the nearby forests as a consequence. Since 2003 the waste is covered with soil. Although the landfill is administratively closed  waste is still dumped because a new environmentally controlled landfill in Neraki is not yet open.

Even though the landfill is still in operation the first steps for redevelopment have been taken. There is a steady politcal will to have the landfill redeveloped and re-used. The surrounding area has an increased vulnerability because of the nearby river Kiprianos, the permeable soil (marbles) and residential areas. An engineering solution is needed to control the environmental risks. 

Lavrio would like to rehabilitate the area into a recreational and commercial centre to serve the wider region. To finance the costs public and private investments are needed. The EU-Structural Fund of East Attica will be requested to finance the initial funding. All main stakeholders such as the Region of East Attica, the Union of Municipalities and Communities of East Attica, Development Association of Lavriotiki, the Lavrio Technical and Cultural Park will be involved in the planning process.

 
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