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Corfu, an Ionian island in Greece, has a problem with its waste management system. More waste is created than the system can manage, so garbage keeps piling up in landfills and in the streets.
This phenomenon reached a tipping point last year, during Corfu's garbage crisis. A growing community of motivated Corfiots took action protesting, lobbying local governments, setting up their own recycling centers, and more. But while the issue is no longer in a state of crisis, this bottom-up approach, as impressive as it is, still has limits.
So Our Team began with a broad research question: what does Corfu's waste management system look like, and how can the people of Corfu improve it? We spent a week on the island conducting interviews, visiting relevant sites, and facilitating cocreative dialogues between key stakeholders. Here's what we found.
Study conducted in July 2019, managed by Xenia Tombrou.
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"The issue we were looking into is the broken waste management system on a finite Greek island. The opportunity is the engaged Greek and Expat community of the island, that is taking big and steady steps towards a greener island." - Xenia Tombrou
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