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LIFE Project NumberLIFE10ENV/GR/622

FINAL ReportCovering the project activities from 01/10/2011 to 30/09/2014

Reporting Date06/08/2015

LIFE+ PROJECT NAME or AcronymWASP Tool

ProjectDataProject location Greece and Cyprus

Project start date: 01/10/2011

Project end date: 30/09/2014Extension date:-

Total Project duration(in months)

36 months ( including Extension of 0months)

Total budget 1,748,445 €

Total eligible budget 1,743,601 €

EU contribution: 857,308 €

(%) of total costs 49.03 %

(%) of eligible costs 49.17 %

Beneficiary DataName Beneficiary Harokopio University

Contact person Prof.Konstantia–EkateriniLasaridi

Postal address El. Venizelou, 70, GR, 176 71, Kallithea - Athens

Visit address El. Venizelou, 70, GR, 176 71, Kallithea – Athens

Telephone +30-210-9549164

Fax: +30-210-9514759

E-mail [email protected]

Project Website http://wasptool.hua.gr

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1. Table of contents

1. TABLE OF CONTENTS ............................................................................................................................2

2. EXECUTIVE SUMMARY ..........................................................................................................................3

3. INTRODUCTION.......................................................................................................................................9

4. ADMINISTRATIVE PART.................................................................................................................... 104.1 DESCRIPTION OFTHE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM .....................................................................................................105. TECHNICAL PART................................................................................................................................. 145.1. TECHNICAL PROGRESS, PER TASK ........................................................................................................................14

The After LIFE+ Communication Plan was produced in Greek and English language, accordingto the EC guideline.........................................................................................................................................................545.2 DISSEMINATION ACTIONS ......................................................................................................................................555.2.2 Dissemination: overview per activity ...................................................................................................555.3 EVALUATION OF PROJECT IMPLEMENTATION ....................................................................................................655.4 ANALYSIS OF LONG-TERM BENEFITS ....................................................................................................................70

6. COMMENTS ON THE FINANCIAL REPORT ..................... ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.6.1. SUMMARY OF COSTS INCURRED...............................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.6.2. ACCOUNTING SYSTEM ................................................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.6.3. PARTNERSHIP ARRANGEMENTS (IF RELEVANT) ...................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.6.4. AUDITOR'S REPORT/DECLARATION ........................................................ERROR! BOOKMARK NOT DEFINED.

7. ANNEXES ................................................................................................................................................. 76

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2. Executive Summary

The WASP Tool project (full title: Development and Demonstration of a WastePrevention Support Tool for Local Authorities, project number: LIFE10 ENV/GR/622)was developed and implemented within the European Union LIFE+ funding programme,from 1 October 2011 to 30 September 2014. The overall objective of the WASP Toolproject was to investigate, demonstrate and optimise the waste prevention potential at theLocal Authority (LA) level, in the Mediterranean area, in the different geographic andwaste policy context of Greece and Cyprus. More specifically, it attempted and achievedto transfer and adapt experience from successful waste prevention activities implementedacross the EU to Greece and Cyprus, with the prospect of gaining knowledge for the widertransferability of such activities in different EU contexts.

The WASP Tool Project developed into four (4) basic axes/phases (Figure 1): a) thedevelopment of the WASP Tool, b) the implementation of the WASP Tool in thecontextof three (3) participating LAs, aiming at the development of their Waste Prevention Plans,c) the implementation, monitoring and evaluation of four (4) waste prevention actions ineach of the participating LAs, with ultimate goal the use of the results in the refinement ofthe WASP-Tool, and d) communication and dissemination of the WASP Tool and theresults of the project. Each phase depictedone of the specific objectives of the project andall together the overall objective, which is to investigate, demonstrate and optimise thewaste prevention potential at the LA level, in the Mediterranean area, in the differentgeographic and waste policy context of Greece (GR) and Cyprus (CY). The core of theProject was the development and implementation of the WASP-Tool system. Up to theend of the Project (30 September 2014), tasks concerning all the aforementioned phaseshave been completed as foreseen, with no major problems.

Figure 1: The phases of the WASP Tool project.

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The present Final Report (FR) of the project analyses the organisational, financial,technical and scientific activities carried out from the beginning to the end of the WASPTool project. Apart from the Introduction, the report consists of five sections:administrative, technical (including presentation of the implemented disseminationactions), evaluation of the implementation, comments of the financial report, and annexes.A short presentation of the WASP Tool project deliverables is provided within the text,while the deliverables are attached as Annexes (Section 7). Each Section of the FR issummarised in the following lines:

Administrative partThe WASP Tool project wasconceived, developed and implemented by HarokopioUniversity (co-ordinator), the Trans-Municipality Company for Solid Waste Management(DEDISA), the United Association of Solid Waste Management in Crete (ESDAK), theEnvironmental Planning, Engineering & Management S.A. (EPEM), the EnvironmentalTechnology Ltd (ENVITECH) and the Municipality of Paralimni (MoP).Project coordination and management was performed by means of four bodies, namely theco-ordinator, the Project Management Board, the Project Management Team and theAdvisory Group. Overall, the timely meetings of the co-ordinator, the ProjectManagement Board and the Project Management Team, the interaction with the Advisorygroup and the day-to-day communications and management tasks, worked well towardsthe effective administration of the project.

The management of the project was a challenge in an era of economic crisis in Greece andCyprus, but it was successfully carried out, tackling effectively all the (minor) problemsencountered. A useful tool for the timely delivery of the project outputs was theconstruction of a detailed time plan of responsibilities,organised by project action and bymonth. The timetable was distributed to all partners in the kick-off-meeting and wassubmitted with the Inception Report.

Technical partIn order to achieve the Project objectives, ten (10) Actions (please refer to Table 1) wereforeseen. In Section 5 of the present FR, the achievements and constraints (if any) of eachof them are explicitly described. The key deliverables of each action are also presented inTable 1. All actions were completed as anticipated.

Action 1 involved the overall task management for the effective coordination of theProject. The day-to-day administration of the Project was achieved through theassignment and efficient collaboration of a specific set of four (4) decision-making bodies,and the organisation of seven (7) formal and more than fifty (50) informal meetings. Thesmooth information flow to European Commission was ensured through frequentcommunication with the External Monitoring Team and the submission of the formalreports.

Action 2 concerned the production of the State-of-the-Art Report on Waste Prevention,which was a preparatory yet basic step in the implementation of the project. This Reportcontributed to the design and the development of the WASP-Tool (Action 3), thedevelopment and update of the Waste Prevention Strategies of the participatingMunicipalities (Action 4), and the evaluation and selectionof the waste preventionassessment methods to be implemented in the pilot phases of the Project (Actions 5 and

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7). The collection of information on the existing waste management systems in Greeceand Cyprus was a big challenge due to lack of reliable data, but it was successfullyresolved through interviews (of 65 key persons) and 605 questionnaires. Part of theresults, which are presented in the report, was published in the Scientific Journal “WasteManagement”.

Action 3 (coupled with Action 5) constitutes a cornerstone of the project, as it involvedthe design, development and implementation of the web-based decision support tool, theWASP-Tool. The WASP-Tool facilitated the selection and implementation of theoptimum waste prevention scheme for the participating LAs. Minor issues regarding theinterface of the WASP Tool were successfully resolved, leading to a tool that provides aneasy and intuitive interface for defining impact indicators and their significance for users,encapsulating the complexity of the multi-criteria decision making process. The WASP –Tool was presented in the Scientific Journal “Waste and Biomass Valorization”.

Action 4 concerned the implementation of the WASP-Tool in the three (3) involved LAs,aiming at the development their Waste Prevention Strategies (WPS). The WASP-Toolwas adapted in the conditions of South Europe, at a time when the other available wasteprevention tools were not. Thus, its implementation in the LAs of two (2) Mediterraneancountries was crucial for the development/improvement of their municipal WPS.

Action 5 was of major significance as it encompassed all the tasks needed for the timelyand uninterrupted implementation of the selected (within Action 4) pilot waste preventionactions in the participating LAs. Two of the activities of Action 5 had a “preparatory”role, as they related to the selection of the pilot areas and the composition analysis of theirwaste, respectively. The rest four (4) were directly related to the selected waste preventioninterventions, while the last one (1) involved an internal programme of office wasteprevention for all partners. At the end-date of Action 5, three (3) reports presenting thewaste prevention interventions in the three (3) pilot areas were produced. It is estimatedthat approximately 11,000 households were directly involved in the pilot actions byreceiving 480 compost bins, 18,000 reusable shopping bags, 1,450 reusable water bottles,and an information/awareness raising campaign on food waste prevention. At the sametime, the entire population of the pilot areas in Heraklion and Chania (Crete) has access tothe clothing collection points and book exchange libraries developed by the project,respectively.

Action 6 focused on the development of the Waste Prevention Network (WPN), whichmeant to aggregate other projects (relevant with waste prevention and management),municipalities, waste management authorities, central administration, academia and non-governmental organisations, with primary goal to gatherthe experience and lessons learntby its members in the area of waste prevention and management, in order to exploit andtransfer them in the widest possible manner. In parallel, it aimed at the diffusion of thefindings of the WASP Tool project and the importance of Waste Prevention. To achievethe aforementioned goals, the WPN employed the following methods:

1.Networking with other projects (at least 14);

2. Creation and maintenance of a communicational network between Local Authorities(contacts have been made with LAs, the Waste Management Authorities in Greece andCyprus, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change (GR), the HellenicRecycling Organisation (GR) and the Commissionaire of Environment (CY));

3. Setting up web 2.0 tools (572 followers/friends on facebook); and

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4. Establishing and sustaining of a Local Network on Waste Prevention for Educators (82teachers attended the Network’s seminars during 2012-2013, and passed the message on1,100 students).

Action 7 aimed at the diffusion of innovative technologies through the training of LAs onthe WASP Tool. It also concerned the promotion of knowledge on Waste Prevention, aswell as the dissemination of the results and lessons of the Project to the general public andthe interested official bodies. Its goal was achieved through the project’s webpage (24,369pageviews up to 30/09/2014), 3 notice boards, 6 leaflets, 33 publications in media, aLayman’s report (both in Greek and English), 7 newsletters, 3 workshops, 2 conferences,12 open days, participation in 16 conferences and 4 technical publications.

Action 8 involved the monitoring and evaluation of the project. It was accomplishedthrough frequent communication, the development of end-of action reports, and the LifeCycle Assessment of the implemented waste prevention programmes. The produced LifeCycle Assessment Report can be useful to other projects and LAs, as it quantifies theenvironmental costs and benefits over all phases of the waste prevention interventions,and identifies “hotspots” within the process, which have particularly significantenvironmental impacts.

Action 9 involved the auditing of all beneficiaries and was held on time by Mr. DimitrisMelas (Certified Public Accountant Auditor, SOEL Registry Number 22001), and Mr.Andreas Christofi (FCCA, ICPAC Registry number 1118).

Action 1 0concerned the maximization of the transferability of the WASP Tool projectafter its completion, through the development of the After LIFE+ Communication Plan.The Plan was developed taking into consideration the experience and knowledge gainedduring the implementation of the WASP Tool project, the results of the WASP Tooldissemination plan, and the behaviours and attitudes of people in Greece and Cyprus. ThePlan has already started to promote the concept of the waste prevention and the results ofthe WASP Tool project in practice, as the home composting bins, the special bins forclothing collection and the exchange library kiosks will continue to operate.

Table 1: The theme and key deliverables of the WASP Tool Project ActionsAction Theme Deliverables

1 Project management andReporting to the EC

Inception report, Mid-term report, Final report, minutes ofthe Project Management Board meetings

2 State-of-the-art Review onwaste prevention

State-of-the-Art report

3 Design and development of theWASP Tool

WASP-Tool

4 Implementation of the WASPTool for Waste PreventionStrategy Development

Waste Prevention Strategies for all LAs

5 Implementation of the selectedwaste prevention actions

Report on the selection of pilot areas, micro-compositionanalysis of waste in the pilot areas, information andtraining material on waste prevention interventions,articles in gastronomic magazines, three WastePrevention Intervention reports

6 Development of the “WastePrevention Network”

Waste Prevention Network

7 Communication anddissemination

Newsletters, Notice boards, Information leaflets,Layman’s report

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8 Monitoring and evaluation End-of-Action Evaluation reports9 Auditing Financial audit report

10 After LIFE+ communicationplan

After LIFE+ communication plan

Dissemination actions:Special attention was drawn to the planning and implementation of an integrateddissemination strategy, aiming at the widest possible promotion of the project. Within thisframework, a human network, comprised of waste management stakeholders,environmental consultants, educators, academics and scientists from Research Institutesand Universities, was formed with the aim to diffuse the results of the project and tofacilitate the continuation of waste prevention activities and dissemination after itscompletion. The major dissemination tools used were: three (3) workshops/seminars onfood waste prevention actions, three (3) workshops/seminars on home composting, six (6)leaflets and three (3) brochures, the project’s website, the Conference for Students inParalimni (CY), a Workshop in Paralimni and a two-day Workshop in Heraklio, the FinalWorkshop of the project in Athens, open days dedicated to the specific waste preventioninterventions, participation in the European Week for Waste Reduction in 2011 and 2012,articles in national, local and technical press, participation in sixteen (16) conferences andevents (i.e. Christmas events in Paralimni), submission of technical articles in scientificjournals (four (4) of them were accepted for publication), and the production of theLayman’s report in both Greek and English language.

Evaluation of the implementation of the project:The objectives, the milestones, the actions and activities foreseen in the approved(revised) WASP Tool proposal have been carried out and completed successfullyduringthe implementation of the Project. In the framework of the Project’s operation, thecoordinator and the Project’s beneficiaries encountered minor difficulties and delays inimplementing certain planned activities (i.e. the publication of articles with foodmanagement tips, improving the interface of the first version of the WASP-Toolfreeware). These difficulties were either dealt effectively or the necessary modificationmeasures were taken in order to ensure achievement of the anticipated results. Thesuccesses and lessons learnt throughout the implementation of the Project, as well as thecomparison of the foreseen against the achieved results in terms of Project deliverables,indicators and objectives, are presented in detail in Section 5.3.

Financial report comments:Despite of the economic recession in Greece and the financial collapse event in 2013inCyprus, no major changes or amendments to the existing operational plan werenecessary. The overall costs incurred throughout the Project – thirty six (36) months –amount to the 96.9% of the Grant Agreement budget. This is in accordance with the timeplan of the project and the foreseen resources utilisation. As it was stated in the InceptionReport, an administrational change, introduced via the new legal framework regulating theoperation of public bodies, which was adopted as part of the EU / International MonetaryFund (IMF) loan obligations of Greece, did not allow the employment of any new staff(including temporary staff foreseen in the initial budget) for ESDAK. In order to tacklethis obstacle, the Project Management Board unanimously accepted the proposal ofESDAK to transfer the amount foreseen for its Temporary Staff from the cost category“Direct Personnel Costs” to the cost category “External Assistance Costs”. However, therewere no discrepancies compared to the allowed flexibility of 30,000€ or 10% (cf. Article

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15.2 of the Common Provisions), as this amount was not exceeded in the overall budget ofthe project.

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3. Introduction

Waste generation is the other side of the coin of resources exploitation and potentialscarcity. Therefore, it is interwoven with global environmental security and governance,posing a problem that has significant environmental, social and economic repercussionsfor all nations, for the current and future generations. In the context of sustainability,waste is considered as a measure of inefficiency. On this basis, waste prevention isbecoming a priority in many waste and resource management policies worldwide.

According to the Waste Framework Directive (WFD, 2008/98/EC - Article 3, clause 12 &13), waste prevention encompasses a complex of actions and measures, and a range ofpolicy options in a broader sense, taken before a material or a product is characterised aswaste. Although waste prevention has been the paramount objective of both national andEU waste management policies for many years, limited progress has been made intransforming this objective into practical action. In most cases, neither the Community northe national targets have been satisfactory met. Moreover, prevention measures are seldomconsidered a part of waste management and less effort goes into waste prevention thaninto its recycling and recovery, which are placed lower in the waste hierarchy. The basicobjectives of current EU waste policy – to prevent waste and promote re-use, recyclingand recovery, so as to reduce the negative environmental impact – are still valid and willbe supported in practical implementation and demonstration at the Local Authority levelby the impact-based, Life-Cycle thinking approach, adopted by the proposed project.

Overall, the project clearly contributed to all abovementioned EU policies and legislation,as it facilitated the implementation of the Waste Framework Directive (2008/98/EC) withrespect to waste prevention, through the development of a Decision Support Tool (theWASP Tool) that allowed Local Authorities to select and implement the optimum wasteprevention programmes for their local circumstances. Furthermore the project aimed atraising the awareness of citizens about the need to minimise their waste, via campaignsand means to achieve this goal. It also provided the necessary knowledge for Greek andCypriote policy makers in order to develop a proper national waste prevention strategy forGreece and Cyprus, respectively.

The major results of the project were: (a)identification and evaluation of the most efficientwaste prevention activities that have been used in EU in terms of diversion potential, costof implementation, level of behavioural change required, suitability and adaptive potentialfor Mediterranean countries and environmental benefits, (b) design and development of aWaste Prevention Decision Support Tool, (c) development and implementation of three(3) Waste Prevention Strategies, one for each participating Local Authorities, with four(4) priority waste prevention actions identified and implemented in each Waste PreventionStrategy, and (d) development and diffusion of information / dissemination material to thegeneral public, academia and stakeholders.

The implementation and achievements of the WASP Tool project are expected tocontribute to the development and improvement of Waste Prevention Strategies inMediterranean countries, as well as to the adoption of effective waste prevention actionsby Local and Central Authorities. Various Local Authorities in the wider Attica Regionhave already expressed their interest in utilising the free web application WASP-Tool inorder to optimise the development of their Local Waste Action Plans, which have beenrequested by the Region of Attica, in the field of waste prevention.

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4. Administrative part

4.1 Description ofthe management system

Harokopio University (HUA) was the coordinating beneficiaryof the WASP ToolProject and the responsible for the development of the WASP-Tool system.HUArepresentatives have made every possible effort to support and help the associatedbeneficiaries to complete successfully their activities and tackle any reported issue. Theyalso developed strategies to disseminate and put the WASP-Tool system and the restproject deliverables into practice in other Local or Central Authorities, aiming atmaximising the replicability and transferability of the Project, beyond the anticipatedtasks. The associated beneficiaries were the following: a)DEDISA, responsible for theimplementation of the WASP-Tool and the pilot waste prevention actions in thePrefecture of Chania(Crete),b)ESDAK, responsible for the implementation of the WASP-Tool and the pilot waste prevention actions in the Prefectures of Heraklio, Lassithi andRethymno, c) EPEM, responsible for part of the State-of-the-Art Review, thedevelopment of the Waste Prevention Strategies in the two participating Cretan WasteManagement Authorities and their consultation/support for the pilot actionsimplementation, d) ENVITECH, responsible for part of the State-of-the-Art Review, thedevelopment of the Waste Prevention Strategy in the Municipality of Paralimni, Cyprusand its consultation/support for the pilot actions implementation, and e) Municipality ofParalimni (MoP), responsible for the implementation of the WASP-Tool and theimplementation of the pilot waste prevention actions in Paralimni.

As coordinating beneficiary, HUA was leading the Project supervision and managementwith the support of a specific set of decision-making bodies, namely the Project Manager(PM), the Project Management Board (PMB), the Project Management Team (PMT) andthe Advisory Group (AG), which were assigned at the very beginning of the project(October 2011).The organigrammeof the Project is illustrated in Figure 2.

The PMBwasled by the Project coordinator, Prof. Katia Lasaridi and comprised of onerepresentative from each beneficiary. The PMB was assisted by the PMT, which wasresponsible for the day-to-day implementation of the Project. The list of the key staffneeded for the implementation of the Project has been nominated by each partner (Annex7.1.1).The associated beneficiaries reported about their technical and financial activitiesevery month to the PM (via e-mail, mail and/or telephone – Skype communication,depending on the reported activity).

The PMT members were responsible for the day to day communication. In the event of aproblem, the PM was directly informed either by the representative of the concernedpartner in the PMB via telephone/Skype communication, or the assistant project managerof HUA, who was responsible for day to day communication with all partners. Majorissues were brought by the PM to the PMB meetings. Apart from the Kick-off meeting(which was organised in parallel with the first PMB meeting), seven (7) formal PMBmeetings – approximately one every six months – were organised (1: Athens, 25-26/10/2011; 2: Chania, 23-24/04/2012; 3: Paralimni, 04-05/10/2012; 4: Athens,29/03/2013; 5. Heraklio, 24-25/10/2013; 6: Paralimni, 03-04/04/2014; 7: Chania, 01-02/09/2014), as set in the established time schedule of the project. The minutes of the firsttwo meetings were included in the Inception report, while the minutesof the rest two in theMid-term report. The minutes of the last three are provided in Annexes 7.1.2-7.1.4(agenda

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and participants list are included), and relevant pictures in Annex 7.3.31.Given that theclose cooperation of beneficiaries is a key factor for the success of the project, thecoordinating team has organised numerous informal (“electronic” and face to face)meetings between beneficiaries, as well as between beneficiaries and stakeholders(scientists, representatives of waste management authorities and educators).It is roughlyestimated that more than fifty (50) informal meetings have taken place throughout theduration of the Project (no minutes were kept).

Figure 2: The organigramme of the WASP Tool project.

The management of the Project has proved suitable for its needs and proceeded accordingto the time schedule, which is sketched out in the WASP Tool Gantt chart (Figure17). Nochanges in the Project’s management structure have been made. No extension of theProject duration was needed.

The AG comprised of stakeholders in the Waste Management Sector, consultants ofCentral/Local Authorities, environmental and engineering consultants, and academics.Their contribution to the replication and the sustainability of the WASP Tool Projectproved valuable.They also contributed to the creation of a Waste Preventioncommunicational network in Greece and Cyprus. Vice versa, the implementation of theProject and its results provided a positive feedback for the AG assignments. Morespecifically, reference to the WASP Tool project was made in the National WastePrevention Strategy(NWPS) of Greece (accessed through thislink). According to theNWPS, the knowledge gained within the implementation of projects, such as the WASPTool project, was taken into consideration in order to develop the NWPS and toselectwaste prevention measures. The NWPS was assigned to ENVIROPLAN S.A. by theHellenic Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change. Two of the AG memberswere associated to the abovementioned entities (Mr C. Tsobanidis,vice-President ofENVIRONPLAN and Dr. E. Terzis,consultant to the Minister at the relevant period).

During the implementation of the WASP Tool project (October 2011- September 2014),the following reports have been issued: a) Thirty six(36) short monthly reports to theMonitoring Team ASTRALE (Dr.PavlosDoikos, Dr. Anastasia Koutsolioutsou, Dr.Sophia Papageorgiou), b) The Inception report (covering activities from 01/10/2011 to30/06/2012), and c) The Mid-term report (covering activities from 01/10/2011 to

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31/05/2013).Herein, activities from 01/10/2011 to 30/09/2014 are presented, and issuesraised through the mailing with EC are addressed (please also see section 4.2 and Annexes7.1.5 -7.1.7.Regarding the partnership agreement status, separate partnership agreements(in Greek) between the coordinating beneficiary (HUA) and the associated beneficiaries(DEDISA, ESDAK, EPEM, ENVITECH and MoP) were signed by the relevant partiesinvolved. Copies of them were provided in the Inception Report. The dates of signaturefor the partnership agreements are: a) HUA – DEDISA, signed on 31/01/2012, b) HUA –ESDAK, signed on 15/02/2012, c) HUA – EPEM, signed on 12/12/2011, d) HUA –ENVITECH, signed on 23/02/2012, and e) HUA – MoP, signed on 23/02/2012.

4.2 Evaluation of the management system

The Project management was led by HUA, which had previous experience with projectmanagement and had cooperated through management and administrative support actionswith some of the project’s partners.The management system of the project - described indetail in section 4.1 - ensured the effective coordination and monitoring of the overallperformance work and established the right basis for the successful exploitation of theresults.The day-to-day communication ensured the excellent collaboration of thebeneficiaries. The implementation of the organigramme of the WASP Tool projectensured the prompt flow of technical and financial data from all members of the projectteam to the PMB and PMT, and vice versa, leading to the successful production of thedeliverables and the adequate administration of the Project resources and expenses.

During the implementation of the WASP Tool project, no major organisational, technicaland/or financial problems were faced. Minor technical difficulties, such asdata/information collection (Action 2), the development of the WASP Tool interface(Action 3), thepoor performance of the web-forum (sub-activity of Action 6) –analysedexplicitlyper Action in Section 5 – were resolved effectively without introducingsignificant delays in the work-plan. Consequently, the timely and successful completion ofthe Project was achieved. Regarding the financial management, an administrationalchange, introduced via the new legal framework regulating the operation of public bodies,which was adopted as part of the EU / International Monetary Fund (IMF) loanobligations of Greece, did not allow the employment of any new staff (includingtemporary staff foreseen in the initial budget) for ESDAK. In order to tackle this obstacle,the Project Management Board unanimously accepted the proposal of ESDAK to transferthe amount foreseen for its Temporary Staff from the cost category “Direct PersonnelCosts” to the cost category “External Assistance Costs”. This change in budget categoryfor the overall project did not exceed the limit of 30,000€,over which an official approvalof changes is required (cf. Article 15.2 of the Common Provisions). This modification wasreported in the Inception Report.

The implementation of the Project Actions - particularly the implementation of the freelyavailable on-line WASP-Tool, the pilot waste prevention actions and the disseminationevents – created a solid ground for the continuation of the partnerships between the Greekand the Cypriot beneficiaries and the planning of new projects in the near future. HUAand ENVITECH, as well as DEDISA and EPEM, have planned the submission ofproposals relevant to the management of resources and/or waste prevention.On theoccasion of the implementation of the WASP Tool project, ESDAK and DEDISAcooperated successfully for the organisation of seminars on food waste prevention. Havingthis experience of collaboration, the bin system of clothes collection, which was

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developed by ESDAK, is anticipated to be adopted by DEDISA, outside the LIFE WASPTool project.No significant deviations from the arrangements contained in the partnershipagreements were madeduring the implementation of the WASP Tool project.

Communication with the Commission and Monitoring TeamFrequent communication through e-mail and telephone contacts, with the ExternalMonitoring Team, as well as the submission of the agreed reports, ensured the smoothinformation flow among the WASP Tool consortium and the Commission. Theimplementation of the WASP Tool project was monitored by the following externalmonitors: 1. Dr. A. Koutsolioutsou: October 2011 – June 2012, 2. Dr. P. Doikos: July2012 – January 2013, 3. Dr. A. Koutsolioutsou: February 2013 – December 2013, and 4.Dr. S. Papageorgiou: January 2014 – end of the project and submission of final report.Four project visits were made by the External Monitoring Team. Other contacts with theCommission and the Monitoring Team were made in (a) ATHENS 2012 Conference(Athens, 28 – 29/06/2012), which occasioned the celebration of the LIFE 20thAnniversary, and (b) the Green Week 2014 (Brussels, 3 – 5/06/2014). The consortium ofthe project made any possible effort to address all issues raised during the evaluation visitsand the evaluation of the submitted reports (please refer to responses to the EC Letters andthe corresponding documentation, Annexed as 7.1.5 – 7.1.7). Dr.S.Papageorgiouattendedthe Final Workshop of the WASP Tool, organised in HUA on 23/09/2014.

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5. Technical part

5.1. Technical progress, per task

5.1.1 ACTION 2: State-of-theArt Review

Foreseen start-end: Oct 2011 – Mar 2012 / Actual start-end: Oct 2011- Apr 2012Status: CompletedAction 2 had a preparatory, but basic function in the implementation of the WASP Toolproject. It concerned the production of a State-of-the-Art Review on Waste Prevention.This Reportformed the main information tank for: the design and the development of theWASP-Tool (Action 3), and the evaluation and selection of the waste preventionassessment methods to be implemented in the pilot phases of the Project (Action5).Moreover, the State-of-the-Art Report also proved useful as a guide for the developmentand update of the Waste Prevention Strategies of the participating Municipalities (Action4), and the assessment of the pilot waste prevention actions (Actions 5 and 7), as itprovided useful information for the analysis of the resultant (from the implementation ofWASP-Tool) waste prevention actions. The Report consists of three (3) parts: I. Theidentification and evaluation of different waste prevention activities; II. The investigationand selection of waste prevention assessment methods; and III.The analysis of the wasteproduction characteristics and the existing waste management system in the study areas(GR and CY).

The first part contains detailed information sheets on various waste prevention activitiesthat have been employed at LA level throughout Europe until April 2012. The activitieswere selected upon environmental, economic and social criteria and factors. This resultedin the selection of ten main waste prevention actions addressing in the most importantmunicipal waste streams (bio-waste, packaging, paper, bulky and other waste). The tenwaste prevention actions include the following categories: home composting, food wastereduction, reuse of bulky waste, action against unwanted mail and advertisementmaterial, promotion of reusable shopping bags, donation of various items (other thanbulky) through reuse centres, office waste reduction etc. The selection of theabovementioned activities was based upon the requirements of the WASP Tool project, inconsistence with similar projects implemented in several regions of Europe and withinthe requirements of the Waste Framework Directive (98/2008) and the Thematic Strategyon waste prevention in the EU. To quantify the objectives and results of theimplementation of the waste prevention actions and use them in the WASP-Tool (Action3), quantitative factors were identified through the literature. During the investigation ofwaste prevention activities, it became obvious that most of the data regard actionsimplemented in North or Central Europe, indicating the necessity for pilot data fromother regions.

The second part of the State-of-the Art Report involved the investigation, evaluation andpresentation of the waste prevention assessment methods. The waste preventionassessment method used in the WASP Tool project was based on that Part of the State-of-the-Art Report. As it was estimated in the WASP Tool proposal, in the implementation ofthe Project the combination of two methods was utilised: the assessment of changes intotal quantities before and after the waste prevention interventions using diaries, and theuse of questionnaires for awareness and behaviour changes. Part of the results of Part IIwas published in theJournal“Waste Management” (please refer to Section 5.2.2). The

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implementation of the assessment methods to the food waste reduction intervention(Action 5) resulted in the publication of a paper in the “WasteManagement & Research”Journal (please refer to Section 5.2.2).

Last but not least, the third part of the State-of-the Art Report analysed the sources,quantities and composition of Municipal Solid Waste in the Region of Crete (GR) and theMunicipality of Paralimni (CY), as well as the existing waste management facilities. Thisreport contributed to the construction ofa base for the development of the WASP-Tool(Action 3). In order to analyse the waste production characteristics and the existing wastemanagement system in the study areas, interviews of 65 “key persons” in the Projectimplementation areas, and completion and analysis of 605 questionnaires were conducted(605 out of 700 distributed questionnaires were fully completed and could be utilised inthe analysis).The results of the interviews were presented in the International ConferenceORBIT 2012 (the relevant paper was delivered as an Annex with the Inception Report;the abstract is also provided in Annex 7.3.15). The analysis of the collected datadelineates the stakeholders’ view on the existing waste management in Greece andCyprus, with emphasis on the biowaste diversion potential. Overall, their view is that theexisting legislative framework fails to promote biowaste diversion from landfill in bothcountries.The analysis of the questionnaires provided useful data on the level ofbehavioural change required for the implementation of waste prevention activities, thesuitability and the adaptive potential of various waste prevention activities for bothcountries. A report on the questionnaires was provided as an Annex with the Mid-TermReport. According to it, it was clear that the intention does not always transform intoactual behaviour, while substantial differences between self-reported and actualbehaviour may exist. This conclusion proved crucial during the implementation of theselected waste prevention actions within the framework of the Action 5.

The State-of-the-Art Report Parts, the interviews and the questionnaires were also statedas Indicators of Progress for the Action 2.The State-of-the-Art review report was writtenin Greek, in order to: 1. be used for the construction of the WASP-Tool, which is inGreek, as it is designed for use by LAs in Greece and Cyprus; 2. be sent to theparticipating Greek and Cypriot LAs’ waste management department for review; and 3.to be addressed to Greek speaking LAs, as a knowledge base and awareness raising tool,for all levels of staff (e.g. waste management departments), many of which are not fluentin English. This action was completed in April 2012 and its deliverable, the State-of-the-Art Report was submitted to the EC as an Annex in the Inception report. Upon decisionof the PMB, EPEM and ENVITECH shared the responsibility of the Action, for a betterallocation of the project resources and for geographic proximity reasons. HUA had asupportive, but crucial role in the collection/review of the required data, taking interviewsand editing of the reports. EPEM was proclaimed responsible for Activity 2.1 (Part I ofthe State-of-the-Art Report) and the parts of the Activity 2.3 (Part III of the State-of-the-Art Report) concerning the study areas in Greece, while ENVITECH for Activity 2.2(Part II of the State-of-the-Art Report) and the parts of the Activity 2.3 concerningCyprus (Part III of the State-of-the-Art Report).

Issues faced and solutions:The report was finalised at the end of April 2012, a monthlater than the foreseen time-plan (March 2012), but this did not introduce any furtherdelay to the subsequent Actions (2, 3 and 5) of the Project, neitherdid it affect its smoothimplementation. 90% of the State-of-the-Art Report was completed by March2012. Thedelay of the rest 10% was due to the unavailability of data about waste management inthe areas of concern, coupled with the difficulty to quantify results and costs of wasteprevention actions. EPEM, ENVITECH and HUA dealt with this obstacle effectively,

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using an integrated approach of the subject. Although they had not delivered officially thereport by March, they provided the required data from the detailed information sheets tothe team working on Action 3.

Taking into consideration the remarks of the EC (letter of 19/12/2012, subject: LIFE10ENV/GR/000622), the State-of-the-Art report was re-edited by EPEM and ENVITECH(beneficiaries in charge) and resubmitted to the EC as an Annex of the Mid-term Report.The remarks of the EC involved the removal of “some minor mistakes” and theincorporation of the English summary and did not introduce any delay to the subsequentActions of the Project (Actions 3, 4 and 5).

An overview of the achieved results of Action 2 against its objectives is presented inTable 2, while information about the deliverables and milestones is provided in Table 3.

Table 2: Comparison of the achieved results of Action 2 against its objectives.Action Foreseen in the revised

proposalAchieved Results

2. State-of-the-ArtReview

Identification of wasteprevention activities thathave been used at the LAlevel / are reported in theliterature

The waste activities/programmes and tools that have beenimplemented at LA levelin EU countries and elsewhere, havebeen identified and evaluated on time upon environmental,economic and social criteria and factors. This resulted in theselection of 10 main waste prevention actions addressing themost important municipal waste streams. The selection of theabovementioned activities was based upon the requirementsof the WASP Tool project, within the requirements of the EUlegislation.

Evaluation and selection ofwaste preventionassessment methods to beimplemented in Action 5

The available waste prevention assessment methods wereevaluated and selected. This contributed to the adoption ofthe waste prevention assessment method that was mostsuitable to be used in Action 5.

Investigation of the wasteprevention characteristicsand the existing wastemanagement systems inthe study areas

65“key persons” on waste sector were interviewed and 605questionnaires were filled and analysed, in order to analysethe waste production characteristics and the existing wastemanagement system in the study areas.

Table 3: Deliverables and milestones of Action 2.DeliverableandMilestone

Foreseen duedate

Actual completiondate

Transmitted with (annexnumber)

State-of-the-Art report March 2012 April 2012 With the Inception Report asAnnex 5.2.3

Upon EC request, the report wasre-edited and re-submitted with theMid-term Report as Annex 7.1.3

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5.1.2 ACTION 3: Design and Development of the Waste Prevention DecisionSupport Tool (WASP-Tool)Foreseen start-end: Dec 2011-Jun 2013 and Jun2014-Sep 2014 / Actual start-end: Dec2011-Jun 2013 and Jun2014-Sep 2014Status: CompletedThe design, the development and the implementation of the web-based decision supporttool, the WASP-Tool, was the core of the WASP Tool Project. The WASP-Toolfacilitated the selection and implementation of the optimum waste prevention scheme forthe participating LAs.The Tool features a web-based interface, in order to be easilyaccessible by LAs and an expert system back-end reasoning core, which is employed as adecision-support module to determine and propose the best waste prevention strategies ineach case, based on certain criteria. The Tool takes into account both local data, such aspopulation and waste production per inhabitant, as well as LAs’ preferences concerningthe overall design of their waste management policies and strategic goals. Morespecifically, it extracts characteristics and features of the waste prevention strategies, asidentified in the previous analysis step of the project (Action 2), models them, and appliesmulti-criteria evaluation techniques in order to facilitate decision making. It interacts withusers to determine the significance of each evaluation factor and evaluates wasteprevention activities accordingly. The output of the system includes a ranking of theappropriate waste prevention activities, as well as estimated results for each activity,taking into account local demographics and waste parameters. The WASP-Tool has beendeveloped in Greek to reflect Greek and Cypriot waste data, context and waste preventionpotential and be accessible by the relevant LAs and public. Prior to the development ofthe WASP-Tool, a thorough web-based investigation in relevant project databases wasconducted in order to identify - with no intention of critical review - other similar tools.The investigation and relevant e-mail contacts revealed that there are many tools for theassessment of waste management, but few for waste prevention decision-support. Themain contribution of the WASP tool lies in the fact that it provides an easy and intuitiveinterface for defining impact indicators and their significance for users, encapsulating thecomplexity of the multi-criteria decision making process. In order to increase thetransferability, the PMT presented it in several waste management bodies at the level ofLocal and Central Authorities (please refer to Section 5.1.5 Action 6).The development ofthe WASP-Tool was set to be completed in two stages, corresponding respectively toActivities 3.1:“Design and Development of the WASP-Tool”, and 3.2: “Refinement ofthe WASP-Tool and update of the Waste Prevention Strategies”.

3.1 Design and Development of the WASP-ToolThe WASP-Tool was mainly developed by HUA, exploiting the results of the Action 2(State-of-the-Art Report) and the input regarding waste characteristics, managementpractices, local conditions and habits, from all the other participating beneficiaries. Thearchitecture of the Tool is modular in order to facilitate incremental development andfeature extensibility. It consists of a MySQL database (i.e. a widely used relationaldatabase system, running as a server providing multi-user access to a number ofdatabases) which stores WPS models and all related data, as well as default LA dataconcerning the project application areas.The architecture of the WASP-Tool is illustratedin Figure 3. A detailed technical report on the architecture, the statistical analysis (andnormalisation), the expert core and the decision support process of the WASP-Tool waspresented in ATHENS 2014 Conference (2nd International Conference on Solid WasteManagement)and is provided in Annex 7.3.16.10.

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Figure 3:Architecture of the WASP-Tool.

The tool is hosted in the website of the WASP Tool project: wasptool.hua.gr and can berun in any web browser. The execution of the tool starts by selecting the name of thecountry from the drop-down menu (either Greece or Cyprus) and the name of theprefecture that the municipality belongs to (see Figures 4a and 4b). The user canintroduce the names of new municipalities in the lists of each prefecture. Then, thepopulation and the waste generation per capita for the LA examined are filled-in by theuser (Figure 4c). In the next online form, the breakdown of the waste produced in theselected Municipality is introduced (Figure 4d). The waste breakdown is introduced inthe following six categories: biowaste, paper, metals, plastics, glass and other.

Based on this input data, the available information from the knowledge base of theWASP tool and the user input regarding the relative weight of each assessment indicator,the prevention strategies are ranked for each municipality. Therefore, the next steprequires the user to select the target materials. By default, all waste materials suitable forprevention are selected. The waste materials targeted are: home biowaste (food andgarden waste), home biowaste (foodwaste), commercial biowaste (from restaurants andthe hospitality sector), non-returnable bottles and packaging containers, plastic bags,office paper, advertising material/paper, furniture, electrical and electronic appliances,clothing and shoes.

Each waste prevention strategy modelled is based on nine indicators. The relative weightsfor each indicator are assigned. The nine indicators are: reduction of the produced wastequantity (tn/year), potential CO2 reduction (kg/year), waste diverted from landfilling(tn/year), implementation cost (5-year in €), number of employment positions created,implementation difficulty (scale 1-3, where 1 indicates ease and 3 difficulty), requiredcitizen behavioural change (scale 1-3), appropriateness for application on a local level(scale 1-3). Based on the relative weights set by the user, the program ranks the availableprevention strategies, presenting the top five in the next screen of the tool. The finalexecution step of the WASP-tool, is the generation of the final report in the form of a pdffile. The user can restart the execution of the tool at any step, by just clicking in theWASP-Tool logo found on every screen of the tool.

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Figure 4.Screenshots of the input data required by the WASP Tool.

Issues faced and solutions:Up to May 2013 (the foreseen end date of the Activity 3.1)the WASP-Tool components (i.e. the knowledge base, the rule base and the web-basedinterface) had been elaborated in accordance with the approved Technical Part of theproposal. The first set of trials showed that the WASP-Tool was ready for use, as itscalculation engine worked as designed. However, the PMT members of HUA, EPEM andENVITECH decided that the interface required minor modifications in order to provideextra useful information to the non-expert user. Therefore, the beta version of the WASPTool was up and running at the project’s website by the end of June 2013, while the finalversion (with the same knowledge and rule bases, but with improved interface) wascompleted in August 2013. This time extension had no impact on the project’simplementation, as the beta WASP Tool was functional, providing reliable results. Thetwo participating environmental consultant partners, ENVITECH and EPEM,implemented it from the end of June 2013, in order to assist the participating LAs toseamlessly develop their Waste Prevention Strategies (please refer to Section 5.1.4,Action 4).

3.2 Refinement of the WASP-Tool and update of the Waste Prevention StrategiesThe last six months of the WASP Tool project implementation (March to September2014), the WASP-Tool was refined taking into account the results of Action 5(implementation of waste prevention interventions in the participating LAs). Hence, theWASP-Tool contains real data and experiences from the implemented waste preventioninterventions, namely the food waste prevention intervention, home composting,

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promotion of reusable shopping bags, installation of collection points of clothes andshoes, promotion of reusable water bottles and installation of the exchange librarykiosks.At this point it is worth noticing that minor data (numeric) changes were needed.Most of the changes concerned the presentation of the results and the interface of theWASP-Tool. During the evaluation visits of Dr. Sophia Papageorgiou, comments on theinterface emerged (for further details, please refer to Annexes 7.1.5 – 7.1.7). Thesecomments were addressed during the refinement of the WASP-Tool.

In September 2014 the environmental consultant partners utilised the refined toolkit inorder to update the Waste Prevention Strategies of the participating LAs. Theimplementation of the refined WASP-Tool resulted in the same hierarchy of wasteprevention activities, with slightly different values of indicators. The Waste PreventionStrategies are analysed in Section 5.1.3 and are annexed as 7.2.5 - 7.2.6 and 7.2.7.

As a complementary action outside LIFE, the coordinator presented the WASP-Tool toseveral Municipalities of Greece and encouraged their employees in the wastemanagement sector to test/use it. As a result theauthorities of the Municipality ofAghiosDimitrios (Prefecture of Attica, GR) implemented the WASP-Tool for theimprovement of their Solid Waste Management Strategy through the adoption of wasteprevention activities.

HUA had the overall responsibility for the delivery of the WASP-Tool, taking feedbackfrom DEDISA, ESDAK, EPEM, ENVITECH and Municipality of Paralimni.An overview of the achieved results of Action 3 against its objectives is presented inTable 4, while information about the deliverables and milestones is provided in Table 5.

Table 4: Comparison of the achieved results of Action 3 against its objectives.Action Foreseen in the

revised proposalAchieved Results

3. Design andDevelopment ofthe WastePreventionDecision SupportTool (WASP-Tool)

First version ofthe WASP-Tool

Up to May 2013 the WASP- Tool components (the knowledge base,the rule base and the web-based interface) had been elaborated inaccordance with the approved Technical Part. However, the interfacerequired minor modifications in order to provide extra usefulinformation to the non-expert user. Therefore, the beta version of theWASP Tool was up and running at the project’s website by the end ofJune 2013, while the final version in August 2013. This timeextension had no impact on the project’s implementation, as the betaWASP Tool was functional, providing reliable results.

Final version ofthe WASP-Toolrevised and readyfor use

The final version was delivered on time. The interface of the finalversion was improved upon the comments of EU and the users’feedback. However, the most innovative improvement was that thefinal version was enriched with real data and experiences from thewaste prevention interventions implemented within the project.

Table 5: Deliverables and milestones of Action 3.Deliverable Foreseen due date Actual completion

dateTransmitted with(annex number)

WASP Tool June 2013 August 2013 N/A

Refined WASP Tool September 2014 September 2014 N/A

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WASP Tool ready for use June 2013 June 2013 N/A

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5.1.3 ACTION 4: Implementation of the WASP-Tool for Waste Prevention StrategyDevelopmentForeseen start-end: Mar 20103 – Sep 2013 / Actual start-end: Mar 20103 – Sep 2013Status: CompletedThe forth Action of the WASP Tool project concerned the implementation of the WASP-Tool in the three (3) involved LAs, with the ultimate goal to develop their WastePrevention Strategies (WPS).

At the time the WASP Tool was developed, the rest available waste prevention tools werenot suitable (adapted) in the conditions of South Europe. Therefore, implementing theWASP-Tool in two Mediterranean countries that share many similarities (e.g. they aretourist areas with wide fluctuation of population, have Mediterranean climate and similarfood preparation habits), yetposing many differences (e.g. population size, economicconditions, the structure of their administration and waste management systems, socialand cultural factors influencing consumption and attitudes towards waste), was a crucialstep for the development/improvement of their municipal WPS.

The Implementation of the WASP-Tool for WPS Development was arranged to bedeveloped in two subsequent stages: 1. training of the partners on the use of the WASP-Tool (corresponding to Activity 4.1 of the project); and 2. development of the WastePrevention Strategies by the two environmental consultant partners, namely EPEM andENVITECH (corresponding to Activity 4.2).

HUA with the support of EPEM and ENVITECH had the responsibility to train thepartners. Moreover, EPEM, with the involvement of DEDISA and ESDAK, wasresponsible for the implementation of the WASP-Tool to the Municipalities of Chaniaand Heraklio (Crete, GR), while ENVITECH was responsible for the implementation ofthe WASP-Tool to the Municipality of Paralimni (CY).

4.1 Training of partners to the use of the WASP-ToolAs it was foreseen and outlined in the Mid-Term Report, a minor change in theorganization of the workshops/seminars, correcting a trivial overlapping in the initial timeschedule occurred. More specifically, the WASP-Tool task force reckoned that the actualdate of the workshops/seminars completion could not correspond to the anticipated one(June 2013), because the workshops/seminars should follow the development of theWASP-Tool and the production of its manual (scheduled for June 2013). Therefore, theworkshops/seminars were postponed to July 2013(approximately one month later) for theenvironmental consultant partners (EPEM and ENVITECH), who were better adapted touse the WASP Tool in its beta version, and to September 2013 for the LA partners, whorequired a more user-friendly and self-explicit interface. This minor modification had nonegative impact on the project objective goals and time schedule. Overall, the revisedschedule allowedthe overall smooth and effective implementation of the Project. HUAorganised a seminar/workshop for EPEM and ENVITECH in Athens; EPEM organised aseminar/workshop for DEDISA and ESDAK in Crete; ENVITECH organised aseminar/workshop for the Municipality of Paralimni in Paralimni.

The WASP-Tool task force produced the training material (a manual and presentation,Annexed respectively as 7.2.2 and 7.2.3), which, coupled with a video-demo (Annex7.2.4) constitute the WASP-Tool on-line help system. All of them are available on theproject’s website, in the introductory page of the WASP-Tool(http://83.212.240.12/wasp/).

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4.2 Development of the Waste Prevention StrategiesThe two consultant partners, namely EPEM and ENVITECH were trained using the betaversion of the WASP-Tool application in July 2013, and utilised it to assist LAs toformulate their Waste Prevention Strategies (WPS). The WPS of the three (3)participating LAs were delivered to the PMB by the end of September 2013and wereupdated according to the refined WASP-Tool in September 2014 (Annexes 7.2.5& 7.26and 7.2.7).Taking into consideration the similarities of the Municipalities of Heraklio andChania, as well as the forthcoming unification of DEDISA and ESDAK, EPEM presentedthe WPS of the Municipalities of Heraklio and Chania into one combined Report (Annex7.2.5& 7.2.6) instead of two separate ones. However, this report contains all the requireddata and a detailed analysis for each municipality.

The beta version of the WASP-Tool was up and running at the project’s website by theend of June 2013, while the final version (with the same knowledge and rule bases, butwith improved interface) was completed in August 2013. This time extension had noimpact on the project’s implementation, as the beta WASP-Tool was fully functional,providing reliable results. The refined WASP-Tool was up and running by the end ofSeptember 2014.

In the future, a translated version of the WASP-Tool could help LAs in otherMediterranean countries that face similar problems with their waste management system,to produce or update a WPS.




4. Implementationof the WASPTool for WastePreventionStrategyDevelopment

Training of the partners tothe use of the WASP Toolthrough threeworkshops/seminars

A minor adjustment to the organisation of the workshopsoccurred, aiming at the better comprehension of the tool.Indeed four workshops/seminars were organised, achievingthe anticipated objective of the project.HUA organised oneworkshop for EPEM and ENVITECH in Athens; EPEMorganised a seminar/workshop for DEDISA and one forESDAK in Crete; and ENVITECH organised aseminar/workshop for the Municipality of Paralimni inParalimni.

Production of a trainingmanual

A training manual was produced on time. The manual wasre-edited upon the anticipated refinement of the tool.

On-line help for theutilisation of the WASPTool

The on-line help mechanism was created. It contains: a video–demo of the WASP-Tool, the training manual in electronicversion, and the training presentation. Additionally,information regarding waste and waste prevention isprovided in “flags” while running the WASP -Tool.

Waste PreventionStrategies

Three Waste Prevention Strategies were developed.

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Table 7: Deliverables and milestones of Action 4.

Deliverable Foreseen due date Actual completiondate

Transmitted with(annex number)

Completion of thetraining on the use ofthe WASP Tool

June 2013 July 2013 for EPEMand ENVITECH

September 2014 forDEDISA, ESDAKand MoP

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Waste PreventionStrategies

September 2013 September 2013 Final Report(Annexes 7.2.5 –7.2.7)

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5.1.4 ACTION 5:Implementation of the selected waste prevention actionsForeseen start-end: Apr 2012 – Sep2014 / Actual start-end: Apr 2012 – Sep 2014)Status: CompletedThe implementation of the waste prevention actions suited for the local circumstances inSouthern Europe constituted the ultimate goal of the WASP Tool project. Action 5 was ofmajor significance as it encompassed all the tasks needed for the punctual anduninterrupted implementation of the selected (based on the results of the WASP-Toolimplementation) pilot waste prevention actions in the participating LAs.On that basis,Action 5 comprised seven (7) Activities. The first two (2) had a “preparative” role, asthey were related to the selection of the pilot areas and the composition analysis of theirwaste, respectively. The rest four (4) were directly related to the selected wasteprevention interventions, while the last one (1) involved an internal programme of officewaste prevention for all partners. At the end-date of Action 5, three (3) reports presentingthe waste prevention interventions in the three (3) pilot areas, were delivered by EPEMand ENVITECH (Annexes 7.2.8 – 7.2.10).

As anticipated, each of the LA partners implemented four (4) waste prevention actions,including two pre-selected and two appearingin the four most suitable actions accordingto the results of the WASP-Tool. The pre-selected ones, namely food waste preventionand home composting, were common for all LA partners. It should be mentioned thatboth pre-selected actionswereincluded in the abovementioned “Top 4” list after runningthe WASP-Tool application. All actions for each partner are presented in Figure 5.

Figure 5.The pilot waste prevention actions of the WASP Tool project.Food wastereduction and home composting were pre-selected, while the rest were ranked by theWASP-Tool implementation among the four most suitable waste prevention actions forthe local circumstances.

The two environmental consultant partners, EPEM and ENVITECH, had the overallresponsibility for the implementation of Action 5. HUA was involved in the design, theimplementation and the assessment of the Activities. The involvement of the participatingLA partners was related to the tasks needed for the selected waste prevention actions.The

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objectives of Action 5 were met, and the tasks were completed with no modifications,according to the initial time schedule.

Regarding the four implemented waste prevention actions, informative and trainingmaterial was produced (Annexes 7.2.11 – 7.2.31).Aiming at the diffusion of the wasteprevention concept and practices to as many as possible recipients, during and after theend of the Project implementation, two short videoswere produced by DEDISA to bedisseminated through internet sharing, e.g. through social media, emails, websites. Bothof them are available in the Project’s website and in Annexes (7.3.3.1and 7.3.3.2).

5.1 Selection of the pilot areasThe selection of the pilot areas was completed in June 2012, according to the anticipatedend-date. The relevant reports were delivered to the EC as Annexes in the Inceptionreport. Regarding the prefecture of Chania (Crete - DEDISA), the selected pilot areaswere: the municipal section of Chania and the municipal section of Akrotiri, while forESDAK the pilot areas were: the Heraklion Municipality, including the municipal unit ofHeraklion and Alikarnassos, as well as the Malevizi Municipality, including themunicipal unit of Gazi. In Cyprus, the pilot actions were implemented across theresidential area of the Municipality of Paralimni. In the relevant reports, maps of the pilotareas are also provided.

5.2 Analysis of the micro-composition of the waste in the pilot areasAiming at both the monitoring of waste composition and the assessment of the Project’swaste prevention interventions, each participating LA conducted an analysis of wastemicro-composition within the pilot area of its jurisdiction. The micro-composition wasapproached by calculating the percentage of specific waste streams in relation to the totalamount of waste, on a weight basis. The waste streams (notably: organic waste, paper,metal, plastic, glass, other) were dictated by the findings of the State-of-the-Art report(Parts II and III, corresponding to the tasks of the Activities 2.2. and 2.3, Action 2), but intheir detail they were also adapted to the specific needs / conditions of the participatingLA. In order to produce results unbiased by seasonal variation, in each analysis, samplingwas conducted four (4) times in a year – one per season – during one (1) week. Themethodology, the measurements and the results of these analyses were described in theReport “Analysis of the micro-composition of the waste in the pilot areas”, which wasannexed in the Mid-Term Report.

The aforementioned report technically consists of three reports (each one correspondingto one pilot area, produced by the LA that is in charge of the area). The three reports weredelivered on time (March 2013), but they had to be improved in line with the remarks ofthe project partners HUA, EPEM and ENVITECH. As a result the delivery of theintegrated report was delayed by approximately 20 days. This delay did not affect theassessment of the Project’s waste prevention interventions, because the correctiveremarks were related to the presentation of the results: The calculations were correct andavailable to the PMT for the design and assessment of the interventions. Upon ECrequest, an extensive summary of the Report on the “Analysis of the micro-compositionof the waste in the pilot areas” is provided as Annex 7.2.35.

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Figure 6.Snapshots from the tasks for the analysis of waste micro-composition, in theMunicipality of Paralimni (CY).

Activity 5.3: Food waste reduction intervention and measurement of its effectiveness inthe pilot area:This intervention aimed and achieved to raise understanding and awareness on foodwaste prevention, to show the applicability of prevention in daily life, and to highlight theeconomic and environmental benefits of it.

In order to spread the information effectively, as well as to encourage the publicengagement to the WASP Tool intervention, the following approaches were used:

A leaflet on food waste prevention was produced in Greek and English (Annexes7.2.11 and 7.2.12) by DEDISA. The Greek version was produced in printed andelectronic format, while the English solely in electronic format, in order to avoidexcessive printing and reduce the carbon footprint the project’s activities. Both ofthem are available on the website of the WASP Tool project.Copies of the printedversion were sent to all beneficiaries in order to be distributed to the participants ofthe intervention, the public and all interested parties.

Information and training material was produced by ESDAK (Annexes 7.2.18-7.2.31), containing tips for food management, recipes from leftovers (based onMediterranean Cuisine), presentations and provision of relevant references.Thematerial was presented / distributed to the participants of the workshops on foodwaste prevention in the Municipalities of Heraklio and Chania of Crete (for furtherinformation for the workshops, please refer to 7.2.9). In electronic format the materialis available through the website of the WASP Tool project.

Recipes based on Mediterranean cuisine, using leftovers as main ingredients, werepublished in the local newspaper «ΝέαΚρήτη», 23/09/2014 (Annex 7.3.12.17), whichin Crete has a higher circulation than national newspapers, as well as in the Cypriotmagazine “Vantage”, issue of July – August 2014 (Annex 7.3.12.18). The WASPTool project consortium madeallpossible effort to publish recipes in cookingmagazines (as it had been stated in the initial technical report), but failed to achieve itdue to theeconomic recession in Greece: As the economic crisis resulted in fundingcuts in the printing pages of press, the cooking magazines had no space for thepublication of extra topics. Nonetheless, the WASP Tool team achieved thepublication of recipes in a newspaper and a magazine with high circulation in Greeceand Cyprus, respectively, while it also achieved the publication of articles and

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reportages, dedicated in the waste prevention concept and its environmental,economic and social dimensions (Annexes 7.3.12.1 – 7.3.12.19).

ENVITECH and MoP have created a booklet with recipes, inspired by the traditionalCypriot cuisine, using leftovers as main ingredients (provided as annex in Mid-termReport). Issues raised about it on the EC Letter of 17.03.2014 (Ref. Ares(2014)764428) are addressed in Annex 7.1.5.

The food waste prevention intervention was evolved according to the following steps:

Based on the results of Action 2 - Activity 2.2 (Part II of the State-of-the-Art report), thescientific task force of the WASP Tool project concluded that the most suitable methodto develop the food waste prevention intervention and to assess its effectiveness was theuse of questionnaire surveys and diaries of food waste production. On the grounds ofassessment, a group of people (100 per pilot area) was asked to fill in a questionnaire anda food-waste-diary twice: once before and once after (approximately two to six months)the intervention.

In order to ensure a committed group of participants and reliable measurements, the foodwaste prevention intervention was mainly assessed through the 300 participants of thehome composting intervention (please see Activity 5.4). Scales were granted to theparticipants of the home composting intervention in order to weight food waste andcompost (quantification of the food waste that was diverted from disposal). These scaleswere also utilised for the accurate completion of the food waste diary (participants wereasked to weight the food waste that they disposed to the waste bins).

The questionnaire (submitted with the Inception report) and the food waste diary(submitted with the Mid-Term report) have been produced by HUA and were delivered tothe participants by the end of June 2013. As indicated in the Inception report, thequestionnaire was developed in 2012 and was utilised in a preparatory study on foodwaste generation in households. The results of the preliminary study in Greece werepresented in two international conferences (ORBIT 2012 and Athens 2012 - please referto Annex 7.3.15), while the completed study in the “International Conference of SolidWaste in Hong Kong 2013” (Annex 7.3.15).The preliminary study was also conducted inCyprus.

WorkshopsThree workshops on food waste prevention were conducted in the pilot areas of Chania(DEDISA, 14 April 2014), Heraklio (ESDAK, 5 April 2014 and 7 April 2014) andParalimni (MoP, 10 April 2013).In order to respond to the high number of people whichwere interested in participating in the workshop, ESDAK repeated the workshop (5 April2014 and 7 April 2014).

The food waste reduction intervention started in April 2013 and was completed in June2014, with no deviation of the initial time schedule.

Beyond the framework of the LIFE+ WASP Tool project, the intervention of food wasteprevention continues. ESDAK, at its own expenses, keeps on organising food wasteprevention presentations/workshops, in Heraklio,Crete. The next workshop andpresentation will be organised in the framework of the European Week of WasteReduction (EWWR) 2014, on 24 and 27 November 2014, respectively. Details for theEWWR 2014 are provided in the Section of Dissemination Actions.

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Figure 7.Snapshots from the workshop from the food waste prevention workshoporganised by ESDAK (5 April 2014).

5.4: Home composting intervention and measurement of its effectiveness in the pilot area.This intervention aimed and achieved to inform and train the households in theparticipating LAs (and wherever else possible)on home composting. The ultimate goalwas to make home composting an integral part of daily routine. In order to raiseawareness and diffuse knowledge and information, as well as encourage the public toengage on the WASP Tool home composting intervention, the following were used:

A leaflet on home composting was produced in Greek and English (Annexes 7.2.13and 7.2.14) by ESDAK. The Greek version was produced in printed and electronicformat, while the English solely in electronic format, as foreseen, in order to avoidexcessive printing and reduce the carbon footprint of the project’s activities. Both ofthem are available on the website of the WASP Tool project. Copies of the printedversion were sent to all beneficiaries in order to be distributed to the participants ofthe intervention, the public and all interested parties.

A leaflet on home composting and overall waste prevention, adapted for students ofElementary Schools, was produced by MoP with the support of ENVITECH. Theleaflet was provided as Annex with the Mid-term report. It is also provided in Annex7.1.5 (upon request of the EC).

A manual on home composting was elaborated by HUA in April 2013 and Annexedin the Mid-Term Report. Based on the questions raised during the implementation ofthe home composting intervention (during the visits of the monitoring team andthrough the on-line help mechanism), the manual was enriched with trouble shootingsections (Annex 7.2.15).The manual is available on the website of the WASP Toolproject.

The calls for participating in the home composting intervention were announcedthrough events (open days) and publications inlocal press, to maximise the spread ofthe information.

Three (3) workshops were organised, as foreseen, for the training of the participants,one in each of the participating LAs. The workshops were also open to the public.

Three (3) expert teams were monitoring the home composting process and thedegree to which the households were engaged in the intervention. Monitoring wasachieved through visits and the establishment of an on-line mechanism. The teams

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were also encouraging the participants to embody home composting in their dailywaste management routine, and consulted them upon the safe application of compostto their gardens and flower beds. The on-line mechanism comprised of two channelsof communication: telephone contact (with one or more representatives of eachmonitoring team and through email ([email protected] for ESDAK, MoPand anyinterested party / [email protected] for DEDISA). Answers to thequestionsraised were embodied in the home composting manual (Annex 7.2.15).

Two minor modifications occurred in the implementation of the home compostingintervention, resulting in itswider dissemination, with no extra cost.According to theTechnical Part of the Project, the home composting intervention involved the distributionof three hundred (300) compost bins to households in the selected urban and semi-urbanpilot areas, at a reduced price rather than free, in order to attract only those who werereally interested in participating. However, the Greek economic crisis imposed the freeprovision of compost bins. Thus, to ensure the commitment of the participants, theirselection was conducted with the support of an educational network in Cyprus, and two(2) voluntary environmental groups in Greece. The second modification regarded thenumber of the provided compost bins. ESDAK and the Municipality of Paralimnidecided to distribute approximately onehundredmore bins each (ESDAK: 70 and MoP:100), in order to respond to the high number of households which were interested inparticipating. DEDISA distributed 10 more.ESDAK and the MoP took advantage of theextra participating households to set control groups for the assessment of theintervention.

The assessment of home composting was conducted through: the use of compost diaries(for daily recording the waste disposed in the compost bins), the use of control groups ofparticipants and the quality assessment of compost samples.

A description of the home composting implementation per participating LA is given inAnnexes 7.2.8 – 7.2.10. An overview is provided in the following lines.

DEDISA: municipal section of Akrotiri (GR)The call for participation in home composting was announced through the local press,radio, internet and TV broadcasting channels, as well as the website of DEDISA. In orderto attract committed volunteers for the intervention of home composting, DEDISA wasassisted by the “Ecological Initiative of Chania” (OikologikiProtovouleiaChanion).

DEDISA selected 110 applicants (out of approximately 200) to participate in theintervention. In order to raise awareness of the public and encourage the 110 participantsto apply home composting within their daily routine, DEDISA organised an OpenDayseminaron 6 June 2013, a day after the World Environment Day (5 June 2013) –please refer to Annex 7.2.8.

The participants took their compost bins and attended a seminar (in groups of 10-15) onhome composting on 10 July 2013(Figure 7). For those who were not available on 10July, the seminar was repeated on 17 July 2013. The participants were asked in theregistration desk to sign an agreement of participation, in order to ensure theircommitment.

Figure 7.Snapshots from the home composting intervention of DEDISA (a)the open dayseminar on home composting (6 June 2013;(b) the compost bins;(c) the registration desk(10 July 2013);and (c) the training workshop (10 July 2013).

ESDAK: municipal units of Heraklion, Alikarnassos, and Malevizi (GR)The first official call for participation in home composting was announced in an OpenDay organised by ESDAK on 2 February 2013 (Figure 8a), in Heraklio, aiming at raisingawareness and engaging the public in the waste prevention actions (Annex 7.2.9). Thecall was communicated to the public with the support of “Minoistas”(www.minoistas.gr), a voluntary environmental group aiming at the improvement ofdaily life in the city of Heraklio, as well as the local media.

The compost bins were distributed right after the training workshop on home compostingin the World Environment Day(5 June 2013), in order to maximise the impact of theintervention (Figure 8). ESDAK distributed 170 compost bins, stirrers and scales. TheMunicipality of Heraklio further supported the home composting intervention of theWASP Tool project, by donating to the participants compost buckets (of 10L each) forthe transportation of food waste from the kitchen to the compost bin.

The participating households were divided into two groups: one of 100 and one of 70households. The latter was the control group. The first group of participants wasmonitored continuously by the WASP Tool project team. The control group gotinformed and visited only once by the WASP Tool project team.

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Figure 8.Snapshots from the home composting intervention of ESDAK (a) theregistration desk;(b) & (c) the training workshop; and (d) the compost bin distribution (5June 2013).

Municipality of Paralimni: residential areaof Paralimni (CY)In the case of Paralimni in Cyprus, the first formal call for participation in homecomposting was announced in the open workshop “Waste Reduction Practices in InsularAreas”,on 4 October 2012 (relevant material was submitted with the Mid-Term Report).Thereafter, MoP with the support of ENVITECH started a dissemination, information andawareness raising campaign through radio, newspapers and talks withthe educationalnetwork of Paralimni. The latter (contacts with the educational network) led to a meetingwith the principals of kindergartens and elementary schools and the establishment of aninterplay betweenMoP/ENVITECH and the elementary schools (four elementary schoolsoperate in the MoP).

Teachers, pupils and parents were informed about the WASP Tool project and wereencouraged to participate in two (2) interventions:the home composting intervention andthe food waste prevention intervention (Activity 5.3). In order to ensure the committedparticipants, MoP and ENVITECH decided that fifty to sixty per cent (50%-60%) of theintervention’s participants should be “derived” from the abovementioned schools. Therest of the participants were selected from the citizens that have applied. A list of theparticipants was annexed in Mid-Term report.

The training of the participants on both the home composting process and the food wastereduction practices was achieved through a workshop/seminar and a door-to-doorcampaign. The workshop was held on 10 April 2013 (instead of May 2013), in the3rdPrimary School of Paralimni, on the occasion of the wider Workshop of the WASP

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Tool project on waste prevention (organised by MoP with the support of ENVITECH). Inorder to attract pupil’s attention and interest the workshop was named “EnvironmentalConference for kids”. The workshop consisted of two parts: (a) the theoretical part, whichincluded presentations of waste prevention and the WASP Tool project, of theenvironmental projects assigned to the pupils, and presentations of home composting andfood waste prevention; and (b) the practical one, which comprised a cooking lab (withleft-overs), a home composting demonstration, and analytical presentation of the WASPTool project adapted for the ages of 6 -12 years old. All the applicants for the homecomposting intervention (not only those from the educational network) were invited viatelephone contact to attend the theoretical part. Furthermore, to maximise its training anddisseminative impact, the workshop was open to all pupils and their parents (not only tothe intervention participants) and involved provision of information on food wasteprevention (for more information, please refer to the Mid-Term report). The practical partwas developed solely forpupils. A leaflet designed for pupils, including information onhome composting process and food waste reduction was distributed (provided in the Mid-term report as part of Annex 7.3.10 - it is also provided herein with Annex 7.1.5 uponrequest of the EC).

Shortly after the workshop, the door-to-door distribution of the compost bins started. Thedoor-to-door distribution was accompanied by the provision of guidelines on the homecomposting process (door-to-door information/demonstration/training). By the end ofJune 2013hundred(100) compost bins (coupled with stirrers, scales and compost starter)had been distributed, as anticipated. In order to assess the efficiency of the intervention afew days later, a hundred (100) more compost bins were distributed to an equal numberof households, in order to serve as a control group. The first group of participants wasmonitored continuously by the WASP Tool project team. The control group got informedand visited only once by the WASP Tool project team.

5.5: Promotion of reusable shopping bagsBased on the input data and the results of the WASP-tool application, the promotion ofreusable shopping bags was one of the top four waste prevention strategies for all threeparticipating LAs. This intervention aimed at the reduction of a particularly problematicstream of plastic waste.

In order to raise awareness and diffuse knowledge and information, as well as toencourage the public to use reusable shopping bags instead of plastic disposable ones, thefollowing tools were used:

A leaflet promoting the reusable shopping bags was produced by MoP (Annexes7.2.16 and 7.2.17). The leaflet also contains information about the rest wasteprevention interventions (ranked in the 4rth place by the WASP-Tool implementation– please see 5.6). The Greek version was produced in printed and electronic format,while the English solely in electronic format, as foreseen, in order to avoid excessiveprinting and reduce the carbon footprint the project’s activities. Both of them areavailable on the website of the WASP Tool project. Copies of the printed versionwere sent to all beneficiaries in order to be distributed to the participants of theintervention, the public and all interested parties.

A brochure promoting the reusable shopping bags of ESDAK, pointing out theoffered discount, was produced by ESDAK (Annex 7.2.32.1). Information materialwas also produced by DEDISA (Annex 7.3.32.2).

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Figure 9.Snapshots from the home composting intervention of the Municipality ofParalimni (a)Mr. A. Oikonomou,theDeputy Mayor, giving an introductory speech in theworkshop“Conference for kids” (10 April 2013);(b) the audience in the workshop“Conference for kids”;(c) & (d) participants of the home composting intervention duringthe monitoring visits.

Waste prevention can be achieved through three paths: the limitation of unnecessaryconsumption, the design of products that generate less waste, and thereuse/repair/refurbishment. This intervention was evolved through the first path. In orderto reduce plastic waste derived from the use of plastic shopping bags, the threeparticipating LA’s promoted reusable shopping bags. They distributed reusable bags andinformational leaflets to the residents of Chania, Heraklio and Paralimni (Figure 10).

The assessment of this intervention was conducted through the use of a one-week diary.The diary was given to a group of approximately 100 participants (in Chania andParalimni). The participants had to record on a weekly basis how many times they wentshopping, how many times they used the reusable shopping bags and how many – if any-plastic shopping bags they used. According to the analysis of the results, the mainconclusions of the intervention are:

Although 90% of the participants stated that they sort out their recyclable waste, 50%of them reported that they did not use their reusable bags every time they wentshopping, because they forgot it. These results indicate that people with a positiveattitude towards recycling, do not spontaneously adopt waste prevention actions.Furthermore, even when the attitude of waste prevention is established, people do notnecessarily adopt a waste prevention behaviour.Thus waste prevention campaignsshould be organised repeatedly and aim at deep behavioural change.

Approximately 75% of the participants used the reusable bags at least once per week.

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Approximately 80% of the participants believe that a financial motive is needed forthe reduction of the plastic bag (e.g. the plastic bag should be charged or- a discountshould be given when using a reusable bag).

DEDISA distributed 2,000 shopping bags, ESDAK 15,000pieces, and MoP1,000pieces.EDSAK achieved an agreement with local super-markets to provide a discount everytime the reusable shopping bag was used. However, results showed that a charge onsingle use bags (negative financial incentive) is more effective than a discount (positivefinancial incentive), even if this is higher – this is an important finding for relevantpolicy interventions.

Figure 11.The reusable shopping bags of (a) DEDISA), (b) ESDAK, and (c) Municipalityof Paralimni.

5.6: Waste prevention intervention no 4The selection of the 4th waste prevention intervention was based upon the implementationof the WASP-Tool application in the participating LAs and the Waste PreventionStrategies developed (Action 4). The WASP-Tool indicated different interventions for theparticipating municipalities. More specifically, DEDISA established the “ExchangeLibrary”, aiming at the reduction of printed paper waste; ESDAK developed a scheme forclothes and footwear recovery, aiming at the reduction of textile waste;and the MoPpromoted a reusable water bottle, aiming at the reduction of plastic waste (Figure 11).

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Figure 11.Snapshots regarding the implementation of the 4th waste prevention intervention:(a) one of the 4 kiosks of the Exchange Library, set in the wider area of Chania(DEDISA,Crete-GR); (b) the bin for the collection of clothes and footwear, set in the wider area ofHeraklio (ESDAK, Crete-GR); and (c) the reusable bottle, distributed to the students ofElementary schools in Paralimni (Municipality of Paralimni – CY).

Each waste prevention intervention was developed as following:

DEDISA: municipal section of Akrotiri (GR)Aiming at the reduction of printed paper waste and in context with the results of theWASP-Tool, DEDISA decided to establish the “Exchange Library” in the wider area ofChania. The Exchange Library is an outdoor public library, consisting of four (4) kiosks(Figure 11a), which are open to the public 24 hours a day, 7 days a week, 365 days ayear.As a side effect, the Exchange Library is expected to contribute to social interactionthrough the exchange of books. The kiosks are decorated by well-known artists andarchitects and bear the logo of the LIFE+ funding programme.

At the beginning, DEDISA “fed” the kiosks with 400 books collected from the “bluebins” (i.e. the bins for the collection of dry recyclables). On a monthly basis, DEDISAsupports the kiosks with approximately 70 books (all derived from the blue bin system).The book collection of the library also relies on the response of its visitors. Any visitorcan borrow out of it any book and return it without registration, subscription or financialcompensation. Moreover, visitors can also donate books and thus enrich the circulatingcollection. In order to prevent illegal sale of the books for profit, a sticker with the logo ofDEDISA and the indication “exchange it” is placed on the books.

In order to raise awareness on the printed paper waste prevention, as well as to motivatethe public to use the Exchange Library kiosks, DEDISA has organised on-site visits andseminars to pupils of Elementary and High Schools (Figure 12). It is estimated that over10 schools have participated in these visits. Two-three days before the visit/seminarpupils were asked by their teachers, to bring with them any “unwanted” book they had.

The kiosks are placed at central squares of the pilot area: (a) the “Dimotiki Agora”(Municipal Market) Square, (b) the 1866 Square, (c) the “Eleftherias” (Liberty) Square,and (d) the Souda Square. It should be noted that (at the time of the implementation ofthis intervention) Chania was the first Municipality beyond the limits of Attica region thathas adopted the initiative of outdoor public exchange library (in Attica, the Municipalityof Athens and Kifissia has also adopted similar actions).

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By the end of the WASP Tool project (September 2014), it is estimated that 2,900 bookshave been diverted from the blue bins recycling system. This estimation is based on thenumber of books that were diverted from the blue bins by DEDISA. Books “fed” byvisitors were not counted.

Figure 12.The team of DEDISA presents the Exchange Library to pupilsand teaches themhow to use it (wider area of Chania, Crete-GR).

ESDAK: municipal units of Heraklion, Alikarnassos and Malevizi (GR)Given that clothes waste correspond to 3% of municipal waste, ESDAK, in cooperationwith the Municipality of Heraklion and RECYCOM, a company specialised in clothingrecycling, established a scheme for clothes and shoes recoveringsince February 2014. Ahundred and one(101) bins (Figure 11b)were placed in the city - more than 30 of themwere installed outside schools, higher education institutes and supermarkets. The full listof the installation places isprovided in Annex 7.2.33.A brochure promoting the systemwas produced by ESDAK (Annex 7.2.34).An information campaign was designed andimplemented by ESDAK, aiming at raising awareness within the general public regardingthis activity(Annex 7.2.9).

Each bin, coloured bright red, has a capacity of 100 kg. Its content is collected once amonth. When the quantity of clothes, shoes etc. reaches 12 to 15 tons, they gettransported in Athens, where they get sorted. Up to September 2014 more than 20.0 tn(20,700 kg) were collected and sorted. The first transportation was carried out on 1August 2014. The next one is estimated to take place in January 2015. Based on thesorted data of the first transportation, clothes, shoes and bagsonlyslightly used, whichcould be easily resold weighted about 250 kg. In addition, 1,000 kg were worn, yetstillsaleable; 5,100 kg could be recycled for other activities such as production of fibresto beused for insulation materials. Finally, 3,200 kg toys were collected, which could bereused / resold (even though the bins are not designed to accept toys, about 30% byweight of the retrieved items fall within this category), and 3,150 kg of waste/ unusableitems that were forwarded to the landfill. There is no income or costs for EDSAK or theMunicipality from RECYCOM; nevertheless, their agreement foresees a donation of 100Euro per month, by the company to the Municipal Social Grocery,whichsupportslowincome families.

Municipality of Paralimni: residential areaof Paralimni (CY)It is estimated that 365 tonnes of plastic waste derived from plastic water bottles, areannually produced in the Municipality of Paralimni – 7.2 tonnes of which are generated

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in local schools. Targeting at the prevention of plastic packaging waste and following theresults of the WASP-Tool implementation, the Municipality of Paralimni decided topromote a reusable water bottle (made of stainless steel – Figure 11c) to the pupils of allkindergartens and elementary schools in the pilot area.

This intervention also aims at the qualitative side of waste prevention, as bisphenol A(BPA) is often found in plastic bottles and –under certain exposure conditions oftemperature – can seep into the water. Exposure to BPA may have health effects on brain,behaviour, and prostate gland of foetuses.

The preparation (order of the reusable bottles, meeting with the headmasters andeducators) of this intervention started on time, in October 2013. In order to getpermission for the distribution of the reusable water bottles to the pupils, a formalmeeting with the Headmasters of all Elementary schools of Paralimni was organised on15 January 2014. During the meeting, the Headmasters were informed about the WASPTool project, the concept of waste prevention and the value, the steps and the assessmentof this intervention. The assessment of the intervention was defined upon the results ofAction 2 (Activity 2.2) and achieved through questionnaires. The questionnaires werefilled prior, during and three (3) months after the intervention. More specifically:

Prior to the reusable water bottle promotion and distribution, in the period between 20and 31 January 2014, the educators reported (through the questionnaire) to the WASPTool team the following data: (a) how many children use a plastic bottle of water everyday; (b) how many of them refill it in school; (c) how many pupils buy a (plastic) bottleof water from the school cafeteria;and (d) how many pupils use their own (reusable)canteen of water. Shortly after, the WASP Tool team visited the schools and informedpupils and the educators about the issue of plastic waste, the amounts of waste derivedfrom water bottles and the environmental benefits of using reusable canteens. At the endof their seminar, they distributed the canteens to the pupils. During the first days of theintervention (10 to 21 February 2014), as well as three (3) months (May 2014) after thedistribution, the educators in Elementary Schoolsrecordedtheabovementioned data, thesame as in the period prior to the intervention, as well as (e) how many pupils use theWASP Tool canteen. In the Kindergarten, the questions (b) and (c) were not applicableand therefore, were omitted. The third assessment was conducted in May 2014, instead ofthe foreseen August 2014 (six months) after the intervention, because of the summerholidays (June to August).

Overall, the analysis of the results showed that the intervention had the highest impact tothe pupils of the Kindergarten and the first and second grade of Elementary Schools.Pupils at the last grade of Elementary Schoolswere not very willing to use a reusablebottle, due to image-making reasons (they believed that “reusable bottles are meant forsmall children”). It is worth noticing that the economic status of the families playedcrucial role in the adoption of the reusable WASP Tool bottles. These two parameters(image-making actions and the economic status) have to be taken under considerationwhen designing and implementing waste prevention actions.

Within this intervention 1,450 reusable water bottles were produced, 998 of which weredistributed to the pupils, 50 to teachers and 50 to journalists, Local Authorities of Cyprus(other than the municipality of Paralimni) and project’s partners, for disseminationreasons. The rest of the bottles were distributed to a nursing home for elderly people. Adetailed description of the intervention is provided in Annex 7.2.10.

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5.7: Implementation of an internal office waste reduction programme for all partnersWithin the framework of the WASP Tool project, all partners implemented or improvedan office waste prevention programme, with the ultimate aim to gain credibility, engageemployees and provide a tested model. The office prevention programme comprised ofthe selection, communication and promotion of specific activities, such as theminimisation of the paper use, printer cartridges refill, the replace of single-use cups andcutlery. On the other hand, specifications for further purchases (regarding equipment)were set, in order to prevent waste and hazardous substances during working hours (e.g.double side printers). On that ground, a presentation and a guide on office wastereduction were produced in Greek (Annexes 7.2.36 – 7.2.37). Both of them wereprovided to all partners, used for the training days on strategies to reduce office waste,and are available in the Project’s website.

At this point, it is worth mentioning that the employees of the WASP Tool beneficiarieswere acquaint with office waste prevention activities, as most of them have anenvironmental science/engineering background. Also, theparticipatingenvironmentalconsultant companyEPEM is certified with EN ISO 9001:2000, while ENVITECH iscertified with ISO 9001:2008 and as part of their quality control procedures they haveincluded environmental considerations on office waste prevention. Therefore, the marginsfor attitude and behaviour improvementtowardsofficewaste prevention were quite tight.The same goes for the Mechanical and Biological Treatment Plant of DEDISA, due totheir safety regulations. For example, reusable cups and reusable towels are not allowedin order to minimise the contamination risk.

Within Activity 5.7, a training day was established every year. Granted that the partnerswere already aware about office waste reduction, the training days evolved to discussion-evaluation days of the implemented office waste prevention actions, rather than seminars.Up to the end of the Project, ESDAK was planning the purchase a water filter in order tofurther reduce the plastic waste derived from the bottled water.

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5. Implementationof the selectedwaste preventionactions

Selection of the pilot areaswhere the waste preventionactions would be implemented

The selection of the pilot areas was completed asanticipated.

Micro-composition analysis The analysis was conducted and the relevant report wasdelivered by the participating LA’s one month later thanthe anticipated in order to be improved in line with theremarks of HUA, EPEM, ENVITECH. The analysisprovides the actual local percentages of specific wastestreams.

Information and trainingmaterial on waste preventioninterventions

Information and training material was producedaccomplishing the transfer of the concept of wasteprevention to the target groups (public, LA’s, wastemanagement stakeholders).

Articles in gastronomicmagazines

Due to the economic recession in Greece, cookingmagazines had no space available for extra topics, andcould not host recipes with left-overs. However, theWASP Tool consortium succeeded in publishing twoarticles with tips for proper food management, and manyothers dedicated to food waste prevention (environmentaland ethical dimensions).

Three Waste Preventionprogrammes

Three Waste Prevention Programmes (including 4 wasteprevention actions each) were successfully implementedin the participating Local Authorities, fulfilling the mainobjective of this Action.

Three Waste PreventionReports

Three Waste Prevention reports were prepared on time.

Table 9: Deliverables and milestones of Action 5.Deliverable Foreseen due date Actual completion

dateTransmitted with(annex number)

Report on the selectionof the pilot areas

June 2012 June 2012 With the InceptionReport as Annex 5.2.5

Results on the micro-composition analysis

March 2013 It was delivered onMarch 2013, butimprovements wereneeded. Thus it wascompleted in April2013.

With the Mid-termReport as Annex 7.1.4

Information andtraining material onwaste preventioninterventions

April 2013 The information andtraining material onhome composting wasdelivered in April2013. Material on therest waste preventionactions was deliveredthroughoutthe foodwaste workshops.

The material regardinghome composting wasprovided with the Mid-term Report asAnnexes 7.1.5 – 7.1.6.The rest material isprovided herein asAnnexes 7..2.18 –7.2.31

Compost bins April 2013 The compost bins were N/A

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delivered to themunicipalities in:

-March 2013 (MoP)

-May 2013 (DEDISA& ESDAK)

The one-month delayof delivery in Crete hadno impact on theimplementation of theAction.

Articles in gastronomicmagazines

May 2013 July and September2014

Annexes 7.3.12.17 –7.3.12.18

Waste PreventionIntervention report forthe four selectedprevention actionimplemented byDEDISA

September 2014 September 2014 Annex 7.2.8

Waste PreventionIntervention report forthe four selectedprevention actionimplemented byESDAK


Waste PreventionIntervention report forthe four selectedprevention actionimplemented bu theMunicipality ofParalimni


Milestone

Pilot areas selected June 2012 June 2012 -

Workshops (3) on thewaste preventionactivities to beimplemented

May 2013 April 2013 (food wasteprevention) and in June2013 (homecompostingintervention). The latterwere organised in earlyJune to take advantageof the EnvironmentDay and maximise theimpact.

Relevant material isembodied in Annexes7.2.8 – 7.2.10

Waste preventioninterventionscompleted

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5.1.5 ACTION 6: Development of the “Waste Prevention Network”Foreseen start-end: Dec 2011 –Sep 2014 / Actual start-end: Dec 2011 – Sep 2014,Status: CompletedThe tasks of Action 6 were focused on the development of the Waste Prevention Network(WPN), which meant to aggregate other projects (relevant with waste prevention andmanagement), municipalities, waste management authorities, central administration,academia and non-governmental organisations (NGO’s). The primary goal of the WPNwas to gathertheexperience and lessons learnt by its members in the area of wasteprevention and management, in order to exploit and transferthem in the widest possiblemanner. In parallel, it aimed at the diffusion of the findings of the WASP Tool projectand the importance of Waste Prevention. The WPN served as a basic source ofinformation on waste prevention activities and their transferability to common practice,targeting at the Local Authorities and the public.

As a result of the networking activities, several projects, municipalities, NGOs andeducators presented their work in the Final Workshop of the WASP Tool project (23September 2014 – more information is provided in the Section 5.2.2. To achieve theaforementioned goals, the WPN employed the following methods: 1.Networking withother projects; 2. Creation and maintenance of a communicational network betweenLocal Authorities; 3. Setting web 2.0 tools; and 4. Establishment and sustainment of aLocal Network on Waste Prevention for Educators. More specifically:

Networking with other projects:A thorough search in the relevant LIFE, FP6 and FP7 project databases, as well as inECOWEB (www.ecoweb.info) was carried out in order to identify completed oron-goingprojects that are relevant to the WASP Tool project objectives. After their identification,contacts were made in order to create a communicational network with them. Followingelectronic contacts, links to the majority of these projects were added in the WASP Toolproject website. No participation form was asked to be filled in for the participation in theWaste Prevention Network. The participation of HUA in the LIFE Waste Platformmeeting and the Green Week 2014 was a great opportunity for networking with other EUbased projects. Indicatively, the contacts had the following main outcomes per project:

1. EWWR – European Week for Waste Reduction: In 2011 the coordinatingbeneficiary of the WASP Tool Project participated as a project developer in EWWR2011. Since the WASP Tool project was initiated in October 2011 and the deadline forthe application forms for the organisers was April 2011, there was not enough time forany of the WASP Tool partners to apply for the role of Organiser. The banner of theEWWR 2011 and the programme of the EWWR 2011 events in Greece were posted inthe Project’s website. In 2012, DEDISA applied for and became the Greek ProjectOrganiser of EWWR 2012 (17 to 25 November 2012). DEDISA organised an Open Day,a home composting demonstration for pupils and members of an environmental group inApokoronas (Crete) and a workshop on waste prevention. HUA participated in EWWR,as a Project Developer, organising two workshops in two different EnvironmentalEducation Centres (in Lavrio and Drapetsona - attendees: 100 school teachers) and anopen day (in HUA) with emphasis on home composting and food waste prevention. Adetailed report about the activities that took place during the EWWR2012 was providedwith the Mid-term report. Promotional material about the EWWR2012 was hosted in boththe websites of DEDISA (http://www.dedisa.gr/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=150&Itemid=90&lang=el) and the WASP Tool project (Figure 13).

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Overall, the participation in the EWWR inspired the WASP Tool consortium to designthe implementation of the WASP Tool actions (please refer to Section 5.1.4: Action 5),overcoming the inherent difficulties of them. DEDISA intents to continueits participationin the European Week for Waste Reduction after the end of the WASP Tool project.Therefore, it has applied for and became the Greek Project Organiser of EWWR 2014.

Figure 13.A “banner” was posted on the home page of the WASP Tool project webpage(2012), promoting the European Week for Waste Reduction 2012.

2. Regions for Recycling (R4R, INTERREG IVC): Prof. K. Lasaridi, projectcoordinator (HUA), presented the WASP Tool project in the R4R project’s networkingevent in Athens. The event was organised by EGTC EfxiniPoli (a network for Europeancities for sustainable development in Attica, Greece), on 12-14 December 2012, offeringthe opportunity to stakeholders, Greek Regional and Local Authorities to exchange viewsand experiences from the good practices in other European regions. Through this event, afirst acquaintance with the ACR+ (Mr. Philippe MicheauxNaudet) was made.

3. Waste-C-Control (LIFE+): The WASP Tool project was presented in the FinalConference of the LIFE Waste-C-Control project, in the section “Networking: LIFE+Projects regarding the Climate Change and Waste Management”. The conference washeld on 25 September 2013, and gave the opportunity for networking to five projectsconsortia (Waste-C- Control, WASP Tool, AdaptForClimate, MECM, Recycling@Home– for further information please refer to the Agenda of the Conference, Annex 7.2.39).

4. ECOWEB: ECOWEB is an initiative by European Commission to increase the uptakeof research results from the Framework Programme, CIP and LIFE + projects. HUA hasupdated the information regarding the WASP Tool project in the ECOWEBplatformhttp://www.ecoweb.info/1322_2208_development-demonstration-waste-prevention-support-tool-local-authorities), and in the near future (after the end of theWASP Tool project) intents to add the main final results/deliverables. In that way, thespread of the results of the WASP Tool project will be increased.

5. Miniwaste (LIFE+): Communication with the Miniwaste project were establishedthrough informal meetings in the ORBIT 2012 Conference, as well as email contactsbetween Dr. K. Lasaridi (HUA, WASP Tool project coordinator) and Laurence Galon(Rennes Metropole, responsible for the Miniwaste project - Annex 7.2.40).Information

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and comments on the use of the Miniwaste tool were exchanged. Networking with theMiniwasteproject helped the WASP Tool team to better design and develop the WASP-Tool freeware.

6.Pre-waste (INTEREG IVC Programme):Communication with the Pre-waste projecthas started in the event of R4R (Regions for Recycling, INTERREG IVC), on 12December 2012, in Athens, when we met Mr. Philippe MicheauxNaudet (ACR+). Lateron, a communication path was developed and Mr.MicheauxNaudet, upon our request,provided to us information about the Pre-waste tool (Annex 7.2.41).

7. ATHENS - BIOWASTE (LIFE10 ENV/GR/000605): The Athens -Biowaste projectaims at the implementation of biowaste separation at source (waste management), ratherthan waste prevention. However, it shared some common objectives with the WASP Toolproject, such as the provision of guidance to local waste management authorities for themanagement of biowaste, the evaluation of alternative management options for biowastethroughout their life cycle and the stipulation of environmental awareness and knowledgeof citizens, authorities and other interested parties. The consortia of the WASP Toolproject and the Athens-Biowaste project were frequently exchanging information on theproduction and the valorisation of compost of high quality.The WASP Tool project andsome of its findings were presented in ATHENS 2012 and ATHENS 2014 Conferencesthat were organised within the framework of LIFE+ Athens-Biowaste project. On theother hand, the LIFE+ Athens-Biowaste project was presented in the Final Workshop ofthe WASP Tool project (23/09/2014).

8. FUSIONS (FP7): FUSIONS is a four-year European project, aiming at theimprovement of the use of resources and the reduction of food waste in the food chain,from the field to fork. HUA supported its Multi-stakeholder Platform (Annex 7.2.42)through the exchange of information and the findings of the WASP Tool project on foodwaste production and prevention. The WASP Tool was presented in the 2nd RegionalFUSIONS Platform meeting (14 March 2014) in Athens (Annex 7.2.43), as well in theFusion Social Camp, entitled “Social Innovation for Food Waste Prevention andReduction”(Annex 7.2.44), which resulted in networking with other entities relevant tofood waste prevention. Indicatively, a networking email chain between K. Lasaridi and C.Bucatariu (9 April 2014) is provided as Annex 7.2.45.

9.Let’s do it Greece (movement, Let’s do it World): “Let’s do it! World” is a civic ledmass movement which began in Estonia in 2008. The networking of the WASP Toolproject with “Let’s do it Greece” resulted in the dissemination of the WASP Toolfindings in a wide group of environmentally concerned people, through the participationof ESDAK in the Clean-Up day event, on 6 April 2014, in the suburb of AghiosIoannis(Heraklio, Crete) (the relevant press release is Annexed as 7.2.46, while the emailpromoting it to media as 7.2.47). The results of the pilot actions of the WASP Toolproject will be sent to “Let’s do it Greece” as suggestions for good practices.

10. “Καλύτερη Ζωή” (Better living) project: Coordinated by WWF Hellas and fundedby the Stavros Niarchos Foundation, the project develops – among others – food wasteprevention actions. Hence, the WASP Tool project consortium has exchangedinformation and knowledge with them. On that ground, the WASP Tool project teamparticipated in their two-days event for food waste prevention, entitled «Δενπετάμετίποτα» - “Nothing to waste” (25 – 26 January 2014). This event was very helpfulfor the organisation of the seminars on food waste prevention in Crete. The event wasorganised by WWF Hellas and the NGO Boroume (We Can). Representatives of theseorganisations participated in the Final Workshop of the WASP Tool project.

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The WASP Tool project was also linked to the following projects: CONDENSE (LIFE10ENV/GR/000596, Annex 7.2.48),FORWARD (a transnational project, co-funded by theEC LLP programme (Annex 7.2.49), COBALT (FP7, Annex 7.2.50), CYPADAPT(LIFE10 ENV/CY/723 – Annex 7.2.51)

The participation of the WASP Tool project in the Green Week 2014, gave us theopportunity to meet and exchange useful information with NGO, companies andorganisations relevant to sustainable management of environment and/or waste.Indicatively:

- Bank of Piraeus: about the implementation of the LIFE projects, while we areplanning to cooperate in a proposal concerning waste prevention.

- Slow food (organisation, www.slowfood.com): we have exchanged informationand lessons learnt on “food sustainability” and “food waste” (Annex 7.2.52)

Creation and maintenance of a communicational network between Local Authorities:The creation and maintenance of a communicational network between Local Authoritiesin Greece and Cyprus was of major importance, as information about the waste preventionconcept and waste prevention practices in this region was rather sporadic and sparse at thebeginning of the WASP Tool project. Contacts for the development and maintenance of acommunicational network between Local Authorities in Greece and Cyprus have beenmade from the very beginning of the Project. Initially, a formal short report on the Project(provided with the Mid-term report, focusing on the Waste Prevention Network wasmailed to LAs and Waste Management Authorities in Greece and Cyprus, the Ministry ofEnvironment, Energy and Climate Change (GR), the Hellenic Recycling Organisation(GR) and the Commissionaire of Environment (CY). In addition telephone contacts weremade, while references to the network were made in conferences, and workshops. InGreece, these contacts resulted in the creation of a communicational channel between theseveral municipalities (such as the Municipality of Aghios Dimitrios, Attica) and WasteManagement Authorities (ΦoΔΣΑ).

Figure 14: Dr. K. Abeliotis and Ms. C. Chroni presented the WASP Tool project and theWaste Prevention Network in the 8th Annual Meeting of Waste Management Authorities inSyros

The transfer of the knowledge gained within the implementation of the WASP Toolproject lead to its reference in the National Waste Prevention Strategy (GR). The WASPTool project, the communicational network and the WASP-Tool free application were

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presented in the 8th Annual Meeting of Waste Management Authorities in Syros (Figure14).

In Cyprus, the following events/activities were held, with the aim to recruit and sustain theWPN and to raise awareness on waste prevention: Visits to the Local Authorities were paid by the WASP Tool networking team (Figure

15). During these visits, the WASP-Tool freeware was also presented anddemonstrated.

Three networking events were organised on 9 May 2013, 11 May 2013, and 15December 2013.

For further details, please refer to Annex 7.2.70.

Figure 15: The networking team of the MoP met the Mayors of Famagusta (on 15/07/2013),they visited Mr.KaragiannisAntros, Mayor of Deyneia, while on 18/07/2013 they visitedMr.KaroussoYiannis, Mayor of Aghia Napa).

The exchange of information and lessons learnt within the network was anticipated to beachieved through e-mails, mailing of reports (please refer to section 5.2.2: Reports –Activity 7.10)and a discussion forum. The latter was hosted in the website of the WASPTool project. However, LAs did not utilise it – according to many WPN members, theyconsidered communicating via emails and telephone calls easier and preferable comparedto the forum, for the establishment of their networking relationships.

Although the poor performance of the sub-activity of the web-forum had no negativeeffect on the project’s sustainabilityor on the networking activities, it was constantly anissue of concern during the implementation of the WASP Tool project. Thus, the projectmanagement team investigated thoroughly the reasons for it and tried to reverse it.

At the project’s proposal stage, the fact that Greek and Cypriot stakeholders are not usedto this kind of tools of networking, was identified as a risk. However, the projectmanagement team estimated that the lack of familiarity with web tools had a small shareto the poor performance. Instead, they concluded that the use of the forum wasconstrained due to the fact that:

the stakeholders are acquainted with each other, and is more convenient for themto have a personal contact (via a meeting or telephone calls), rather than starting aconversation in a forum,

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the employees do not have the initiative to interact as an individual in a forumfocused on public bodies (Local Authorities, Academia etc.) – they consider that itis someone’s else duty to interact.

In order to tackle these constrains, the PMT: stimulated (and helped some of) the employees of the participating LAs to create

an account and use the forum as a platform of communication and exchange ofinformation;

promoted the forum to the Solid Waste Management Authorities (ΦoΔΣΑ) ofGreece, by e-mailing them and by participating in their Annual Meeting in Syros(4 July 2014 – Figure 14),

Mr. K. Paterakis and Mrs. V. Manassaki, project managers of DEDISA andESDAK respectively, are active members of the Solid Waste ManagementAuthorities Association, and as such promoted the forum to its other members.

Setting up web 2.0 tools:In an effort to maximise the communication between the members of WPN, as well as tocreate a “recruitment” channel for any interested party, web 2.0 tools were developed.More specifically, accounts on Facebook, Twitter and LinkedIn were created in January2013. In particular, on Facebook two different accounts were created, one in Greece(facebook: WASP Tool – Waste Prevention) and one in Cyprus (facebook:WASPToolParalimni).

Establishment and sustainment of a Local Network on Waste Prevention for Educators:Within the networking and dissemination activities of the WASP Tool project, HUA, theDirectorates of Elementary and Secondary Education of the 4rth Administrational Divisionof Athens and the Environmental Education Centres of Lavrio, Drapetsona andArgyroupolis, jointly established on the 25thof October 2012, a local network forenvironmental education, entitled “How can I reduce my waste?”. The participants to thenetwork were mainly teachers in primary and secondary education who were involved inenvironmental education courses and formal extra-curriculum activities. Exploiting theestablished (within the WASP Tool project framework) networking with other projects,public bodies, and organisations, HUA attained the participation of the NGO “EcologicalRecycling Company”, the “Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association”, and theMunicipality of AghiosDimitrios (Attica), to the Local Network. Harokopio Universityenvisioned that its participation in the aforementioned network enhanced thedissemination of the WASP Tool project and the concept of waste prevention, through astrong multiplication effect from teachers to pupils and their families (the documentationfor the establishment of the Local Network was provided with the Mid-term report).

The activities of the Local Network have led to the following remarkable results: Overall, within the school years of 2012-2013 and 2013-2014, twenty four (24)

schools and five (5) Environmental Education Centres participated in the LocalNetwork tasks (events, demonstrations, workshops, school visits), by developingeducation programmes/assignments. These schools had approximately 80 teachers and1,100 pupils. The projects of those schools regarding waste prevention (i.e. search,trash art, composting etc) are hosted in the website of the WASP Tool project (Mainmenu Educators NetworkSchool presentations).

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Fifteen (15) events (workshops and seminars) open to educators were organised duringthe school years of 2012-2013 and 2013-2014 (full lists of them are provided bytheDirectorates of Elementary and Secondary Education of the 4rth(Δ’)Administrational Division of Athens, Annexed herein as 7.2.53 – 7.2.54). Two ofthem were organised in HUA: On 14/02/2013, a seminar on Waste Prevention wasorganised in HUA (the programme and the presentations were provided as Annexeswith the Mid-term report), while on 25/02/2013, home composting was presented anddemonstrated by HUA experts’team to 4 educators and 30 pupils. Further informationand material (presentations, agendas, posters and pictures)relevant to these events isprovided in the Dissemination Actions Report (Annex 7.3.4).

Two e-books (Annexes 7.2.55 and 7.2.56) bearing the WASP Tool project and theLIFE logos were produced. The e-books contain educational material (worksheets) onwaste prevention and management for pupils in Elementary and Secondary Education.The worksheets were produced for the seminars of the Local Network.

The Local Network is anticipated to be maintained for at least one more school year afterthe end of the WASP Tool project (i.e. the end of the 2014-2015 school-year),disseminating the WASP Tool project and stimulating awareness on waste prevention.Within the next two months (up to the end of November 2014), two events have beenplanned:

1. On 21/10/2014, a seminar entitled “Educational approaches and practices for thesustainable waste management” will be hosted by HUA (Annex 7.2.57), and

2. 2. On 01/11/2014, a seminar entitled “Processes for setting up the sustainable Greekschool: we care, we participate”, will be hosted by the private Secondary School“Saint Joseph” (Pefki, Attica).

An overview of the achieved results of Action 6 against its objectives is presented in Table10, while information about the deliverables and milestones is provided in Table 11.



6. Developmentof the “WastePreventionNetwork”

A well-developedWastePrevention Network, linkingprojects and stakeholders inGreece, Cyprus and other EUcountries.

The networking efforts with LAs, educators and otherrelevant projects were successful. However, the use of aforum for the communication of the LAs in Greece andCyprus had poor performance, as their personnelpreferred to communicate via e-mail and telephone calls.The communication of the Waste Prevention Networkmembers was achieved through frequent email exchangesand telephone calls.




Waste PreventionNetwork

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5.1.6 ACTION 8: Monitoring and evaluationForeseen start-end: Oct 2011 – Sep 2014 / Actual start-end: Oct 2011 – Sep 2014Status: Completed8.1: Monitoring of project progress through visits in loco and internet-basedcommunication toolsIn an effort to keep the carbon footprint to a minimum level as well as to spare travelcosts, HUA persisted in monitoring the Project’s progress via telephone and Skypemeetings (on a weekly basis) rather than paying visits in loco. However, the coordinatingbeneficiary did monitor the Project’s activities in loco while visiting Crete (Chania,Heraklio) and (Cyprus) on the occasion of the Project Management Board meetings(Chania: 23-24/04/2012; Paralimni: 04-05/10/2012; Heraklio: 24-25/10/2013; Paralimni:03-04/-4/2014, and Chania: 01-02/09/2014). Within the reporting period, only one trip ofHUA to Heraklion (Crete), to ESDAK’s premises was deemed necessary for the promptcoordination of the project’s activities, in order to assist the planning of the selection ofthe pilot areas, as well as to investigate whether the new legal framework regulating theoperation public bodies, which was adopted as part of the EU/International MonetaryFund (IMF) loan obligations of Greece, would have an impact on the administration ofthe project and how this could be addressed. On the other hand, several informalmeetings of EPEM, ENVITECH and ESDAK, were deemed necessary for the monitoringof the project progress.

Activity 8.2: Development of End-of-Action Evaluation ReportsBy September 2014, the ten Actions of the WASP Tool project were successfullycompleted. Action 2 was completed in April 2012. Therefore, during the 3rd PMB meetingin Cyprus (October 2012), EPEM and ENVITECH delivered their short evaluation reportson Action 2 (provided in the Inception report)to the PMB for further evaluation. Duringthe 5th PMB meeting, the short evaluation report of Action 4 was delivered to the PMBmembers. During the 7th PMB meeting in Chania (01-02 September 2014)the beneficiariesresponsible for the implementation of each action delivered their short evaluation reportsto the PMB for further evaluation. Their evaluation was delivered to the coordinatorduring the Final WASP Tool Workshop (23/09/2014). The End-of-Action Report ofAction 2 was provided with the Mid-term report, while the rest are Annexed herein as7.2.58 – 7.2.66.

For the facilitation and standardisation of the evaluation process, a template for the End-of-Actions reports has been created. According to it, the report consists of three parts:

The first one contains data about the completed Action (title, foreseen and actualdeadlines, beneficiaryresponsible).

The second contains two sets of questions/statements, using a five-point Likert typescale of agreement as a scoring system. Likert items are widely used for scalingresponses. At large, they are statements that are evaluated by the respondent(s) takingunder consideration various criteria. The first set of statements concerned thepresentation, the timing, the impact and compliance with legislation. The second setconcerns comparison of the outcome to the objectives that have been set at thebegging of the project.

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In the Technical part of the Project the anticipated due date for the deliverance of the End-of-Action reports for the Actions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7 and 8 was October 2014, a month afterproject completion. This due date was revised to September 2014, since all projectdeliverables should be completed within the project’s duration.

Activity 8.3.: Evaluation of Indicators of ProgressAfter receiving the short End-of-Actions reports, each member of the Management Boardprovided a checklist categorising the report as very good, satisfactory or non-satisfactory.Then the PMB conducted an evaluation of Indicators of Progress. The correspondingreport is provided in Annex 7.2.67.

8.4: Life Cycle Analysis (LCA) of the waste prevention programmes implemented by eachLocal AuthorityAiming at the assessment of the environmental effectiveness of the waste preventionprogrammes implemented by each LA, a methodology based on Life Cycle Assessment(LCA) was applied. Its results are described in detail in the LCA Report, which isprovided asAnnex7.2.68.The LCA is composed ofgoal and scope definition, inventoryanalysis, impact assessment, and interpretation.

The LCA methodology was applied according to the requirements provided by theISO14040 and ISO14044 standards. The SimaPro 7.1 software was employed formodelling the studied system. The CML 2 Baseline 2000 impact assessment method wasused for impact assessment, while normalisation is basedon the 1995 Western Europeanimpact indices.The key conclusions of the application of LCA are the following:

home composting is environmentally preferable over the current organic wastemanagement situation in Greece, since its major normalised impact is lower thanthe respective for landfilling;

reusable bags, either from non-woven or cotton, have lower environmentalimpacts, compared to single-use carrier bags;

prevention of waste resulting from printed books material,results to theimprovement of all environmental indices;

prevention of food waste has positive environmental impacts,from both theprevention of use of resources for food cultivation/production and the preventionof organic waste material that ends in the landfill;

prevention of waste resulting from clothing and shoes materials results to theimprovement of all environmental indices;

prevention of PET waste resulting from single use water bottles via thereplacement by multi-use stainless steel bottles results to the improvement of themost important environmental indices.

The produced Report can be useful to other projects and LAs, as it quantifies theenvironmental costs and benefits over all phases of the waste prevention intervention, andidentifies “hotspots” within the process, which have particularly significantenvironmental impacts. HUA was responsible for this Action, with the support of EPEMand ENVITECH, and feedback from the participating LAs.

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An overview of the achieved results of Action 8 against its objectives is presented inTable 12, while information about the deliverables and milestones is provided in Table13.



8. Monitoring andevaluation

Efficient monitoring of theproject

The progress of the project was efficiently monitoredthrough visits in loco and internet-based communicationtools (e-mail, skype calls).

End-of-Actions evaluationreports

Ten (10) reports (one per Action) were elaborated ontime.

Evaluation of the End-of-Action evaluation reports

The PMB evaluated the End-of-Actions reports using thequalitative results of the actions’ indicators of progress

Life Cycle Assessment of thewaste prevention programmesof the participating LAs

A Life Cycle Assessment was conducted, the report ofwhich is provided herein as Annex 7.2.68




End-of-Actionevaluation report(Action 2)

April 2012 April 2012 Inception Report(Annex 5.3.10)

End-of-Actionevaluation report(Action 4)

October 2013 October 2013 Final Report (Annex7.2.58)

End-of-Actionevaluation reports(Actions 1, 3, 5, 6, 7,8, 9, 10)

September 2014 September 2014 Final Report(Annexes 7.2.59 –7.2.66)

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5.1.7 ACTION 9: AuditingForeseen start-end: Sep 2014 / Actual start-end: Sep 2014 - …Status: CompletedDue to the differences of the financial legislation among Greece and Cyprus and inagreement with the rules of the LIFE programme (according to the external monitor), twodifferent external auditors – one in Greece and one in Cyprus – were assigned to audit theWASP Tool Project.

The auditing of the Greek beneficiaries of the WASP Tool project (HUA, DEDISA,EPEM and ESDAK) was held by Mr.DimitrisMelas (Certified Public AccountantAuditor, SOEL Registry Number 22001 / e-mail: [email protected] / Telephonenumber: +30 210 7280 000). The affiliated company wasGrant Thornton, CharteredAccountants Management Consultants, (56, Zefirou str., 175 64, PalaioFaliro, RegistryNumber SOEL 127). The financial audit report was completed and signed on 11February2015 and is provided as Annex 7.2.72.The report also includes the financialdata/findings of the Cypriot beneficiaries, as provided by the report of the Cypriotauditor.

For the Cypriot beneficiaries (ENVITECH and Municipality of Paralimni), auditing washeld by Mr. Andreas Christofi (FCCA, ICPAC Registry number 1118, Firm: Andreas Ch.Christofi Audit Services Ltd, P.O.B. 33771, 5317 – Paralimni, email:[email protected]). The financial audit reports for ENVITECH andMoPwerecompleted and signed,respectively, on 10 November 2014(Annex 7.2.73) and19 November 2014 (Annex 7.2.74).




9. Auditing Appointment of an authorisedexternal auditor

Authorised auditors were appointed accordingly.

Elaboration of the audit report The audit report was elaborated.




Financial audit report December 2014 February 2015 Final Report (Annex7.2.72 – 7.2.74)

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Financial audit report December 2014 February 2015 Final Report (Annex7.2.72 – 7.2.74)

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5.1.8 ACTION 10: After LIFE+ communication planForeseen start-end: Sep 2014- … / Actual start-end: Sep 2014 - …Status: Completed

Aiming at maximising the transferability of the WASP Tool project, the After LIFE+Communication Plan was produced at the end of the project, in Greek (Annex 7.3.2.1) andEnglish (Annex 7.3.2.2), according to the project’s time-plan. The Plan was developedtaking into consideration the experience and the knowledge gained during theimplementation of the WASP Tool project, the results of the WASP Tool disseminationplan, and the behaviours and attitudes of people in Greece and Cyprus. It is based onactions that will increase social awareness and acceptance of the benefits of wasteprevention (i.e. life quality, job creation). The After LIFE+ communication planencourages the partners of the WASP Tool project to apply the results themselves as wellas to communicate the gained knowledge to others. On that basis, the After LIFE+Communication Planincludes:

the main dissemination actions during the plan and activities for their implementation;

the application of the WASP Tool results, outside the scope of the project; and

the methods that will be applied in order to continue the communication and thedissemination of the project.

In order to establish the successful continuation of the communication and disseminationof the results, the After LIFE+ Communication Plan was developed in two axes: the firstone involves the generic prerequisites of the LIFE programme (e.g. the maintenance of theproject’s website and notice boards), while the second embraces all the actions needed forthe transferability of the WASP Tool deliverables and results (e.g. the availability and theencouragement for using the WASP-Tool). Indicatively, some of the methods applied arethe following:

the maintenance of the WASP Tool website and the project’s notice boards;

publication/presentation of the results achieved in the national and local press, and TVprogrammes;

participation in international conferences, as well as in workshops organised by othersimilar projects;

the results of the project will be communicated through other tools of the website ofHUA, employing non-synchronised methods (e-class);

participation in the European Waste Reduction Week;and

the continuation of the food waste prevention and the clothes collection interventionsby ESDAK.

HUA had the overall responsibility for the After LIFE+ Communication Plan, takingfeedback from all other partners. The Plan was produced in Greek and English, in digitalformat in September 2014. The actions that were implemented within the period fromSeptember 2014 to the submission of the Final Report are presented in the supplement ofthe After LIFE+ Communication Plan (Annex 7.3.2.3)

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10. After LIFE+Communicationplan

Elaborated After LIFE+Communication plan,including an active website

The After LIFE+ Communication Plan was produced inGreek and English language, according to the ECguideline.

Use and maintenance of theWASP Tool

The use and maintenance of the WASP Tool has beenensured. LAs are encouraged to se it.

Publications in local andnational press

Articles in local and national press are going to bepublished after the end of the WASP Tool project (pleaserefer to Annex 7.3.2.3.

Conference presentations The final results of the project will be presented inconferences (e.g. Tinos 2015, CEST 2015, ORBIT 2016).

Communication anddissemination of the resultsthrough classes in HUA

Relevant presentations have been uploaded in the thewebsite of HUA, employing non-synchronised methods(e-class).

Communication of the resultsto LAs

Contacts with LAs have been scheduled.




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5.2 Dissemination actions

5.2.1 Objectives

The main goal of the dissemination and communication plan was the diffusion ofinnovative technologies through the training of LA’s on the WASP Tool. It alsoconcerned the promotion of knowledge and information about Waste Prevention, as wellas the dissemination of the results and lessons of the Project to the general public and theinterested official bodies.

Forming and adopting a recognisable graphic platform, common to all products of theProject, was considered as a fundamental prerequisite for the successful dissemination ofthe WASP Tool project. Hence, arecognisable identity of the Project was formed by HUAby developing a graphic platform, common to all its products / deliverables. Thisplatform included the use of the WASP Tool project and LIFE logos. Informative leaflets,press releases, presentations, the Layman’s report and technical reports shared commonor similar layouts. Durable goods were identified with labels of the LIFE logo. On thisbasis, the dissemination plan of the WASP Tool projectwas set to create a framework onan integrated strategy of publicity actions for its widest promotion. Planned actions andspecific tools were developed in order to disseminate the project outcome to the wideproject’s target audience, during and beyond its lifetime. A variety of communicationtools, such as a website, notice boards, a Layman’s report, newsletters, advertisementcampaigns, participation in conferences, technical publications, demonstrations, events,workshops, seminars, reports and informative leaflets were employed in order todisseminate the project’s outcomes to the wide target audience of the project. It was,therefore, expected to motivate and impact different target groups, such as the scientificcommunity, stakeholders, journalists, educators, government bodies and local authoritiesin different ways. Finally, HUA, as a university aims at educating people and thisprovides a strong dissemination platform to a wide audience.

5.2.2 Dissemination: overview per activityThe overall products of the Dissemination Plan are summarised in Table 18. The detaileddescription of these products is presented in the updated Dissemination Actions Report(Annex 7.3.4).

Table 18: Achievement of the objectives of the WASP Tool Dissemination Strategy.

Description of theanticipated objective

Type of product Comments

Dissemination plan Indicator of Progress Completed by M6 as anticipated -Revised in M20

Dissemination actionsreport

Not included in theTechnical Part

It was created for the bestexploitation of the Disseminationplan – It was updated frequently

Number of hits registeredon the Project’s website

Indicator of Progress 24,369 pageviews (up to30/09/2014)

Notice boards Deliverable It was completed by M24, butinstalled in M25 (one month later

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Layman’s report Deliverable Completed by M36 as anticipatedE-publication of thenewsletters

Deliverable - Indicator ofProgress

i. M6/M6, ii. M12/M12, iii. (-)/M16, iv. M18/M18, v. M24/M24,

vi. M30/M30, vii. M36/M36Publications in media Indicator of Progress 33 publications were achieved out

of the 20 foreseen, by M36Production of 4 differentleaflets

Indicator of Progress 6 leaflets were produced (onepresenting the project; four

promoting the waste preventioninterventions; one promoting the

interventions to kidsTechnical publications Indicator of Progress Four technical publications instead

of the three foreseenConferencespresentations

Indicator of Progress Participation in 16 conferences - Atleast 6 were foreseen by the M36

Workshops Indicator of Progress Three workshops were organised inParalimni, Heraklio and Athens –Two workshops/conferences were

foreseen.Open days Indicator of progress 12, as foreseen

A list of key dissemination deliverables and outputs per activity is provided below:

Website (Activity 7.1):This type of communication and dissemination tool provides apoint of access to a wide range of target groups. It ensured the online presence of theWASP Tool Project and provided the opportunity to the Project consortium to reach theinterested parties faster than the printed material (e.g. leaflets, publications, guides). Thewebsite of the Project was a milestone, set to be delivered in November 2011. Owing toits disseminative efficacy and accessibility, the Project Management Board decided todevelop it a month earlier than the anticipated one (October 2011). The initial websiteaddress http://galaxy.hua.gr/~WASPtool changed into http://wasptool.hua.gr (alias),which is considered easier to remember.Indeed, both addresses lead to the Project’swebsite. The content of the website was (and still is) presented both in Greek andEnglish. The update of its content was frequent following the progress of the Project.Thewebsite provides information about the objectives of the Project, the beneficiaries(directly and indirectly via hyperlinking), the actions, the progress and the deliverablesof the Project. According to Google Analytics, up to 30 September 2014, 24,369pageviewscorresponding to 5,669 sessions and visitors from eighty six (86) countries hadbeen recorded. This rate surpassed the initial expectations of the WASP Toolconsortium. Approximately sixty five per cent (65.13%) of them were new visits. Forfurther details, please refer to Annex 7.3.4. Since June 2013, the websitehttp://wasptool.hua.grhosts the core product of the Project, the web-based wasteprevention support tool (WASP-Tool). HUA was responsible for the construction and theupdate of the Project website, editing the input of the Project beneficiaries.

Notice boards (Activity 7.2): Three large, highly visible notice boards (Figures 16 - 18 /Annexes 7.3.5.1 – 7.3.7), with the LIFE+ logo and an acknowledgment of the EUfunding, providing short description of the Project, as well as information about the

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Waste Prevention policy, were erected at strategic points, accessible to the public, withinthe boundaries of the participating LA’s (one large notice board per LA). The productionof the notice boards was completed by the end of September 2013, while the installationin the mid-October 2013. The participating LA’s (DEDISA, ESDAK and MoP) wereresponsible for the design, production and installation of the WASP Tool project noticeboards. ESDAK’s notice board could serve as an educational tool (and it was used assuch during the open day of the 22 March 2014), as it contained tips regarding the fourpilot waste prevention actions that were implemented in Heraklio (food wasteprevention, home composting, promotion of reusable shopping bags, clothes collectionbins).

Figure 16: The WASP Tool project notice board in the Municipality of Chania (produced byDEDISA).

Layman’s report (Activity 7.3):At the end of the WASP Tool project, a 16-page Layman’sreport was produced in paper and digital format (PDF-format), in both Greek (2,500 copies –Annex 7.3.1.1) and English (1.500 copies - Annex 7.3.1.2) in order to informthe generalpublic and decision makers on the objectives of the project and the results achieved. Itprovides an overall description of the project, the methodology used, its impact to thestakeholders, the main quantitative results and a map indicating where the WASP Tool projectwas implemented. Given that the target group of the Layman’s reports is the general public(non-technical target group), the Layman’s report of the WASP Tool is written in a simplelanguage and illustrated with simplified figures (without many technical details).

Figure 17: The WASP Tool project notice board in the Municipality of Heraklio (produced byESDAK).

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Figure 18: The WASP Tool project notice board in the Municipality of Paralimni (producedby the Municipality of Paralimni - MoP).

The paper format will be distributed to the Waste Prevention Network, the Central and LocalAuthorities of Greece and Cyprus (plus to the interested authorities of Mediterraneanmunicipalities), policy makers and general public. It will also be distributed throughconferences and seminars. The electronic format is uploaded on the project’s website. It willalso be available through e-mail if requested.

Publication of newsletters (Activity 7.4):A newsletter was produced in electronic formatevery six months and was distributed via e-mail to the WASP Tool consortium, thecoordinators (or contact persons) of projects with similar objectives, citizens, educators -members of our Local Network on waste prevention, Local Authorities (through the mailinglist of the communication company “A.Z. Sustainable media services Ltd”), Academia andthe Hellenic Solid Waste Management Association – HSWMA (a scientific non-profitorganisation, which forwarded them in its approximately 1,000 individual members and morethan 80 organisation members). Our recipient’s list includesover 2,000 recipients relating towaste management, including the indirectly addressed recipients, through the mailing systemsof “A.Z. Sustainable media services Ltd” and HSWMA. The WASP Tool Newsletters were(and still are) also available through the project’s website. At the very beginning of theproject, prior theproject leaflet production, 145 printed copies of the first newsletter weredistributed to interested parties via Conferences. Throughout the implementation oftheprojectseven (7) newsletters were produced (instead of the anticipated six), in both Greekand English (Annexes 7.3.8.1 – 7.3.11.2). The extra one was dedicated to the events that wereorganised by DEDISA, with the support of HUA, in Greece in the framework of the EuropeanWeek for Waste Reduction 2012.

Dissemination campaign (Activity 7.5):The preparation of the dissemination campaignstarted in November 2011. Relevant material (press release, leaflets, texts, processed data andphotographs) was released to media at strategic times (at the beginning and the end of theproject, prior to PMB meetings, events, waste prevention interventions, workshops and aftermajor tasks or studies have been completed. At the end of the first year of the Project’simplementation, the PMB and the PMT concluded that the most effective way to develop aclose interplay with the media was through personal contact (telephone communication andmeetings). Such contacts were made by all beneficiaries. This communicational strategy ledto 33 references in national and local press and websites (the first 18 were provided asannexes with the Inception and the Mid-term Report – the rest are Annexed herein as 7.3.12.1

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– 7.3.12.20). Additionally, references have been made in TV Channels and radio(7.3.13).EPEM also paid for a WASP Tool reference in the Water + Waste magazine (Annex7.3.12.19). Although an exhaustive list of the publications/references in national and localmedia, as well as copies of them are provided in the Dissemination Actions Report (Annex7.3.4), it is worth mentioning here that special referenceto the WASP Tool project and itsactions on food waste prevention, was made in three major Greek newspapers of wide (paid)circulation. More specifically:

Sunday,03/02/2013: Magazine “K” (issue #505), which is included in the nationalnewspaper “KathimerinitisKyriakis”. That particular newspaper issue was third in paidcirculation in Greece (readership is considered much higher), numerating 100,419copies(a copy was provided with the Mid-term report).

Saturday, 26/10/2013: National newspaper “Real News”. That particular newspaper issuewaspublished in 85,000 copies,(Annex 7.3.12.6).

Saturday, 25/01/2014: National newspaper “Ethnos”, which was third in paid circulation,numerating 8,194 copies, (Annex 7.3.12.10).

For further information on Press releases and the subsequent articles, please refer to theDissemination Actions Report (Annex 7.3.4). Press releases are provided as Annexes 7.3.14.

Participation in Conferences (Activity 7.6):Special attention has been given to participationin national and international conferences in the thematic area of sustainable development andwaste prevention and management, on the basis that it would diffuse the lessons and theknowledge derived from the Project within the scientific and technical community worldwide,most effectively.Within the WASP Tool implementation, the project and its main results havebeenpresented in the following peer-reviewed scientific conferences:o ORBIT 2012 – 8th International Conference on “Global assessment for organic resources

and waste management”, 12-14/06/2012, Rennes - France.o Athens 2012 - International Conference on “Sustainable Solid Waste Management”, 28 –

29/06/2012, Athens – Greece. This Conference was organised within the framework of theLIFE “Drywaste” project, as an event for the celebration the LIFE 20th Anniversary.

o IHWM 2012 - 3rd International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous WasteManagement, 12-14/09/2012, Chania, Crete – Greece.

o HSWMA - 4th International Conference of the “Hellenic Solid Waste ManagementAssociation”, “Solid Waste Management in crisis-New prospects and challenges”,30/11/2012 to 01/12/2012, Athens – Greece.

o ICSWHK 2013 -International Conference on Solid Waste 2013 “Innovation inTechnology and Management”, 05 – 09/05/2013, Hong Kong, China. [Note: Thisdissemination / networking activity did not incur any cost to the project, as the co-ordinator of the Project, Prof. Lasaridi was invited speaker].

o CEMEPE 2013 - 4th International Conference on Environmental Management,Engineering, Planning and Economics, 24 – 28/06/2013, Mykonos, Greece.

o CEST 2013 - 13rd International Conference on Environmental Science and Technology,05 to07/09/2013, Athens, Greece.

o SARDINIA 2013 - 14th International Waste Management and Landfill Symposium -Sardinia 2013, 30/09/2013 to 04/10/2013, Sardinia.

o ISWA World Congress, 7 to 11/10/2013, Vienna, Austria.Part of the results of theWASP Tool project on food waste was presented asposter announcement. However, the

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participation of HUA, DEDISA, ESDAK and EPEM representatives was considerednecessary for networking reasons, as the members of ISWA (International Solid WasteAssociation) play a most important role in waste management and prevention worldwide.

o ADAPT to CLIMATE International Conference, 27 to 28/03/2014, Nicosia, Cyprus.o ATHENS 2014 – 2ndInternational Conference on Sustainable Solid Waste Management,

12 to 14/06/2014, Athens, Greece.o ORBIT 2014 – 9th International Conference, New Challenges, New Responses in the 21st

Century, 26 to 28/06/2014, Godollo, Hungary.o XII Pre Skiathos – 12th International Conference Protection and Restoration of the

Environment, 29 June to 03/07/2014, Skiathos, Greece.o IHWM 2014 - 4th International Conference on Industrial and Hazardous Waste

Management, Chania – Crete, Greece, 02 – 05/09/2014.o 4th International Symposium on Green Chemistry for Environment, Health and

Development, 24 to 26/09/2014, Kos Island, Greece.The results of the Life CycleAssessment of Food Waste Home Composting were accepted to be orally presented in theSession “Life Cycle Assessment and Relevant Management Issues”.

o 11thInternational Phytotechnologies Conference, 30/09/2014 to 03/10/2014, Heraklion,Crete.

Further information about the submitted papers (title, authors and abstract) is provided in theTechnical Publications Report (Annex 7.3.15).The submitted papers are provided as Annexes7.3.16.1-7.3.16.24.The initial target of the Project was the participation in at least six (6)conferences, but due to the importance of its results a much higher acceptance of relatedpapers was achieved.

Technical publications (Activity 7.7): Throughout the implementation of the WASP Toolproject, four (4) papers have been published in peer-reviewed journals. More specifically:

o Zorpas A.A. and Lasaridi K. (2013). Measuring waste prevention. Waste Management 33(5): 1047-1056. Impact factor: 3.16; Citations: 4

o Abeliotis K., Lasaridi K., and Chroni C. (2014). Attitudes and behaviour of Greekhouseholds regarding food waste prevention. Waste Management & Research, 32: 237-240. Impact factor: 1.11; Citations: 2

o Zorpas A.A., Lasaridi K., Abeliotis K., Voukkali I., Loizia P., Fitiri L., Chroni C., andBikaki N. (2014). Waste prevention campaign regarding the waste framework directive.Fresenius Environmental Bulletin, 23, 2876 -2883. Impact factor: 0.53; Citations: 0

o Zorpas A.A., Lasaridi K., Voukkali I., Loizia P., and Chroni C. (201?). Household wastecompositional analysis variation from insular communities in the framework of wasteprevention strategy plans. Waste Management (in press). Impact factor: 3.16 Citations:Non applicable as yet.

Further information about the submitted papers (title, authors and abstract) is provided in theTechnical Publications Report (Annex 7.3.15). The submitted papers are provided as Annexes7.3.17.1-7.3.17.4.The initial target of the Project was at least three (3) technical publications.

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The following events have been organisedby the WASP Tool partnersduring theimplementation of the WASP Tool project: 20 – 27 November 2011:DEDISA and MoP in couple with ENVITECH, organised

demonstration events on home composting process and food waste prevention,respectively. Relevant material was provided with the Mid-term Report.

17 – 25 November 2012: On the occasion of the “European Week for Waste Reduction -2012”, two (2) open dayson waste prevention (with emphasis on food waste, packagingwaste and Extended Producer Responsibility) were organised by HUA and DEDISA,respectively. DEDISA was the organiser of the EWWR 2012 in Greece and as suchorganised several events during the week, regarding home composting, seminars in theEnvironmental Education Centre of Apokoronas in Crete, reusable shopping bagsdistribution. Further information was provided in the Mid-term Report.

14 February 2013: A seminar on Waste Prevention was organised in HUA, by the localnetwork for environmental education, entitled «How can I reduce my waste?» in theframework of the WASP-Tool. Relevant material was provided in the Mid-term Report.

6 December 2013 – 6 January 2014: In the framework of the dissemination campaignduring the Christmas events in Paralimni (CY), a wooden kiosk (Figure 19) was set by theMunicipality of Paralimni in the “Village of Fairy Tales”, for the promotion ofdissemination and information material (for further details, please refer to Annex 7.2.10).

5 – 9 August 2013: MoP and ENVITECH distributed leaflets and brochures of the WASPTool project in the most popular beaches of the Paralimni area (Annex 7.2.70).

9 April 2014: A home composting seminar and demonstration was organised inHarokopio University, for students of the 1st High Schools of Tavros and 2nd of Hellinico.

Also, the WASP Tool consortium participated in the following events throughout theimplementation of the project:

12 December 2012: Dr K. Lasaridi, project coordinator, Assoc. Professor (HUA)presented the WASP Tool project in the R4R project’s networking event in Athens. Theevent gave the opportunity to stakeholders, Greek regional and LAs to exchange viewsand experiences from the good practices in other European regions. Note: R4R is a 3-yearEuropean project (INTERREG IVC). Relevant material was provided with the Mid-termReport.

Figure 19: Snapshot from the Christmas dissemination campaign in Paralimni (CY) – 2013.

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13 February 2013: The WASP-Tool project and some of its results considering foodwaste prevention were presented in the Workshop “Waste Prevention” inSivitanidiosTechnical School in Athens. The organisation of the workshop was anaftereffect of the WASP Tool project presentation in the EWWR 2012 events, in theEnvironmental Education Centre of Lavrio.Relevant material was provided with the Mid-term Report.

16 February 2013: a presentation on home composting, with reference to the WASP Toolproject, was given by HUA in the 10th Elementary School in AghiosDimitrios, On theoccasion of a seminar (entitled “School vegetable garden”) for educators. Relevantmaterial was provided with the Mid-term Report.

24 February 2013: A representative of the WASP-Tool project management team (HUA)presented and demonstrated the home composting process in the island of Rhodes (theevent was organised by the NGO “Aithria”).Relevant material was provided with the Mid-term Report.

25 September 2013:The WASP Tool project was presented in the Final Conference of theLIFE Waste-C-Control project, in the section “Networking: LIFE+ Projects regarding theClimate Change and Waste Management”. For further information please refer to theAgenda of the Conference, Annex 7.2.39, and the relevant presentation of the WASP Toolproject (Annex 7.3.18).

27 – 29 November 2013:The WASP Tool project was presented (Annex 7.3.33) in theREINNOVA Conference “Waste management challenges within the framework of a greeneconomy”. As a result of this presentation and the networking actions of the coordinator,the WASP Tool project was presented in the website of REINNOVA.

21 – 22 February 2014: The WASP Tool project as well as some of its results on foodwaste generation and prevention, were presented in the seminar “Municipal wastemanagement” (Annexes 7.3.19 – 7.3.21), organised by the Environmental EducationCentre of Elefsina.

10 –12 March 2014: The WASP Tool project was presented upon invitation (Annex7.3.22) in the 3rd Sustainability Week, which was organised by the American College ofGreece.

8 April 2014: The WASP Tool project, as well as some of its results on food wastegeneration and prevention, were presented in the FUSIONS Social Camp, Bologna(Annexes 7.2.24 and 7.3.23).

3 – 4 May 2014: The WASP Tool projectwaspresented in the seminar, organised by theEnvironmental Education Centre of Edessa- Giannitson (Annex 7.3.24).

Workshops and seminars (Activity 7.9):4 October 2012: Municipality of Paralimni and ENVITECH organised in common the openworkshop “Waste Reduction Practices in Insular Areas”, on 4 October 2012, in the City Hallof Paralimni (CY). The project co-ordinator Prof. K. Lasaridi (HUA) as well as Dr. A. Zorpas(ENVITECH), thoroughly presented the WASP – Tool project. Guest speaker: Mr Ch.Theopemptou, the Environment Commissioner of Cyprus. Attendees: 123 citizens. Two (2)members of the Cyprian House of Parliament attended the workshop. The agenda, invitation,posters were provided with the Mid-term Report.

5 May 2013: Upon suggestion of the project co-ordinator, Prof. K. Lasaridi (HUA), theICSWHK 2013 Conference, held in Hong-Kong, hosted a workshop on waste prevention on 5May 2013(relevant material was provided with the Mid-term Report). Prof. Lasaridi was oneof the two invited speakers. The workshop was organised in order to communicate the

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concept of waste prevention and the WASP Tool project. This dissemination / networkingactivity did not incur any cost to the project, as Prof. Lasaridi was invited speaker to theConference. The brochure for the Workshop was provided with the Mid-term Report. Theorganisation of the workshop contributed to the diffusion of the Project’s objectives,achievements and results within policy makers, academics and researchers in a wideinternational audience focused on (but not restricted to) the fast developing area of Asia. Thepapers and the presentations of Prof.Lasaridi are provided in Annex 7.3.15.

24 – 25 October 2013: ESDAK organised an open workshop on Waste Prevention in therefurbished building of the old Grocery Market in Heraklio (GR). Attendees of the24/10/2013: 61. Attendees of the 25/10/2013: 28. (Invitation- agenda: Annex 7.3.25;Participants lists: Annex 7.3.26.1 – 7.3.26.3; Pictures: Annex 7.3.31).

17 October 2013: MoP and ENVITECH organised a workshop open to any interested party(in parallel with an open day), with the title “Strategic issues of waste prevention on the levelof Local Authorities, in the framework od the Directive 2008/98”, in the City Hall. Attendees:150 (Annex 7.2.71)

23 September 2014: HUA organised the Final Workshop of the WASP Tool project on 23September 2014, in the premises of Harokopio University (Kallithea, GR). Attendees: 108.(Invitation: Annex 7.3.27; Agenda: Annex 7.3.28; Presentations: Annexes 7.3.29.Participantslist: Annex 7.3.30; Pictures: Annex 7.3.31). EPEM invited Mr. Sokratis Famellos (CandidateMayor of Thermi Municipality in 2014 local elections - Municipal counsellor of Thermi since2006 and Member of Parliament since 25/1/2015), to present the waste prevention andmanagement in the Municipality of Thessaloniki, as his presence was considered importantfor maximising the dissemination of the Conference and the WASP Tool project.

Overall, three workshops on waste prevention were organised by the partners of the WASPTool project instead of the two foreseen. In addition, the following 12 (as foreseen) opendaysand relevant public events were organised by the participating LAs:

DEDISA 1. A home composting open day in its premises on 20 – 27 November 2011 (inthe event of EWWR 2011); 2. Two open days dedicated to home composting andpackaging waste prevention in its premises on 17 - 25 November 2012 (in the event ofEWWR 2012); 3. Home composting open day on 6 June 2013 on the occasion of the firstcall for participation in the home composting intervention (please refer to 7.2.8).

ESDAK 1. Home composting open day on 2 February 2013 on the occasion of the firstcall for participation in the home composting intervention; 2. Home composting open dayon 5 June 2013, on the occasion of the first meeting with people who would like toparticipate in the home composting intervention (please refer to 7.2.9); 3. An open day on24 October 2013, on the occasion of its Workshop “Waste Prevention”; 4. Open day eventin the Centre of Heraklio, which included distribution of the reusable shopping bags,promotion of the project’s dissemination leaflets, on 22 March 2014.

MoP 1. “Green Cuisine” open day event on 25 November 2011 (relevant material wasprovided with the Inception report); 2. The “live link” open day, on the occasion of thedistribution of the reusable shopping bags, on 2 November 2013 (Annex 7.2.69); 3. Anopen day dedicated on waste prevention actions on 17 October 2013, in parallel with theworkshop “Strategic issues of waste prevention on the level of Local Authorities, in theframework od the Directive 2008/98” (Annex 7.2.71);and 4.An open day on the occasionof the Christmas dissemination campaign in Paralimni (CY)- December 2013.

Reports (Activity 7.10): The State-of-the-Art report, the report on the micro-compositionanalysis of waste in the pilot areas, the WASP-tool manual, the Waste Prevention Strategies,

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and the Waste Prevention Actions report were sent by e-mail to LAs and Waste ManagementAuthorities of Greece and Cyprus, the Ministry of Environment, Energy and Climate Change(GR), the Hellenic Recycling Organization (GR) and the Commissionaire of Environment(CY).

Information about the deliverables and milestones of Action 7 is provided in Table 19.




Project website November 2011 October 2011 NA

Newsletters i. March 2012,

ii. September 2012

iii. (-),

iv. March 2013

v. September 2013,

vi. March 2014

vii. September 2014

i. March 2012,

ii. September 2012

iii. January 2013,

iv. March 2013

v. September 2013,

vi. March 2014

vii. September 2014

i. Inception Report:5.2.6 (EN)& 5.2.7(GR),

ii. Mid-term Report:7.1.10 (EN) &7.1.11(GR)

iii. Final Report:7.3.8.1 (GR) & 7.3.8.2(EN),

iv. Mid-term Report:7.1.13 (EN) & 7.1.14(GR)

v. Final Report: 7.3.9.1(GR) & 7.3.9.2 (EN),

vi. Final Report:7.3.10.1 (GR) &7.3.19.2 (EN),

vii. Final Report:7.3.11.1 (GR) &7.3.11.2 (EN).

Notice boards September 2013 October 2013 Final Report: 7.3.5.1 –7.3.7

Technical Publicationsin Internationaljournals andconferences

September 2014 September 2014 Final Report: 7.3.15

Layman’s report September 2014 September 2014 Final report: 7.3.1.1(GR) & 7.3.1.2 (EN)

Milestone

Project up and running November 2011 October 2011 NA

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Figure 17: The Gantt chart of the WASP Tool project.

5.3 Evaluation of Project Implementation

The objectives, the milestones, the actions and activities foreseen in the approved (revised)WASP Tool proposal have been carried out and completed successfully, with minor technicalamendments. Thus, applied methodologies have been proven effective. The overall objectiveof the Project was to investigate, demonstrate and optimise the waste prevention potential atthe Local Authority level, in the Mediterranean area, in the different geographic and wastepolicy context of Greece and Cyprus. Therefore the WASP Tool project was developed totransfer and adapt experience from successful waste prevention activities in the EU to Greeceand Cyprus, with the prospect of gaining knowledge for the wider transferability of suchactivities in different EU contexts. The aforementioned overall objective can be analysed inthe following four (4) specific targets:

a) The development of the Waste Prevention Decision Support Tool (WASP-Tool)The WASP-Tool freeware is the most immediately visible product (deliverable) of theWASP Tool project. Its value as a decision support tool lies in the fact that it wasdeveloped and implemented via identification and evaluation of different waste preventionactivities using Life-Cycle thinking for municipalities. Moreover, the Tool was furtherrefined on the basis of the actual data obtained during the implementation of specificwaste prevention interventions in the participating Local Authorities in Greece andCyprus. Thus, it can be used for the production or the update of waste preventionstrategies by municipalities of the Mediterranean region. In the initial stage of the WASP-Tool development, inconsequential difficulties in the development of the interface werefaced, but were resolved effectively, through “brain storming” meetings andcommunication with waste management stakeholders, the personnel of the beneficiariesand the external monitor team.

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This objective was clearly met, facing no difficulties. The implementation of the WASP -Tool in the three (3) participating LAs resulted in the production of their WastePrevention Strategies. Theparticipating municipalities have already taken underconsideration these Waste Prevention Strategies. However, the results of them (e.g. full-scale implemented interventions, change of attitude/behaviours, and a significantreductionof waste produces, will be visible in the near future. “Key-points” for the successfulachievement of this objective were the State-of-the Art review, from which the data forthe WASP-Tool freeware was taken and the large experience of HUA and theparticipating environmental consultants (EPEM, ENVITEC),

c) The implementation, monitoring and evaluation of four waste prevention actions (two ofwhich will be home composting and food waste reduction) in each of the participating LAsThe implementation of four (4) waste prevention actions in each of the participating LAscould be “illustrated” by the following figures:

480 compost bins were distributed to households of equal number in Greece andCyprus, resulting approximately in the diversion of 180 kg /household of organicwaste annually (average).

18,000 reusable non-woven shopping bags were distributed to the public in the three(3) participating LAs. It is estimated that 3 reusable non-woven bags can substitute390 single–use polyethylene bags in a year. In the municipality of Heraklio, ESDAKhad a deal with two local super-market chains: a discount was offered to theconsumers every time they used the reusable non-woven bags of the WASP Toolproject.

101 bins for the collection of clothes and footwear were installed in the wider area ofHeraklio Municipality. By the end of September, approximately 20,700 kg of clothes,footwear and toys had been collected, resulting in the diversion of approximately15,600 kg of waste from landfilling.

Four “Exchange Library” kiosks have been installed in the wider area of ChaniaMunicipality. The WASP Tool project covered the costs for the three of them. Thecost of the forth was covered by the Municipality of Chania, as a means to support inpractice the aims of the WASP Tool project and be more actively engaged in theproposed Waste Prevention Programme. It is roughly estimated that 2,900 books havebeen diverted from the “blue” bins recycling system.

1,450 reusable water bottles have been distributed to pupils of Elementary Schools(998), pupils of kindergarten (237), teachers (50), LAs and journalists (75) and elderlypeople (90) in the Municipality of Paralimni.

Approximately 11,000 households were directly involved in the pilot waste preventionactions of the WASP Tool project.

The cost-efficiency of the abovementioned tasks is related to the reduction of waste andthe consequent money savings from the municipality’s waste management system, butalso, the much more difficult to quantify, economic benefits from the replacement of rawmaterials for new products. The most important lesson learnt from the implementation andmonitoring of the Project’s pilot actions are the following:

- the transmission of the waste prevention message, as any attitude/behaviourchangingmessage,has to be intensively repeated in order to be embodied in the daily routine ofthe public, and

- monitoring prerequisites frequent and systematic communication between themonitoring team and the participants; the best way for conducting such a type of study

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through questionnaires/diaries is to have a researcher next to the participant whenfilling in the questions.

d) Communication and dissemination of the WASP Tool and the results of the projectThe communication and the dissemination plan of the WASP Tool project was completedsuccessfully, through the Project’s website, notice boards on public easily accessiblespots, the Layman’s report, regular newsletters, a public awareness campaign,participation in European and national conferences,achievement of peer-reviewedtechnical publications and organisation of events, training sessions (for the householdsthat would receive the compost bins) and seminars on the use of the WASP-Tool. Itseffectiveness is getting apparent through the four (4) papers in scientific journals andthirty six (36) papers in conferences, the more than 30 articles in local and national press,interviews and organisation/participation in events. It is estimated that the messages of theWASP Tool project has reached 3,000,000 individuals in Greece and Cyprus.

Dialogues between the WASP Tool team and the public (during workshops, presentations,open days etc.) showed that the major obstacle in order to implement waste preventionmeasures was the lack of knowledge about waste prevention. Especially for the generalpublic, there is a difficulty in the distinction of waste prevention from recycling, as well asa lack of understanding of their role in adapting their routing towards waste prevention.The communication of the WASP Tool project and its results to educators and pupils(approximately 80 teachers and 1,100 pupils), ensured the long-term promotion of wasteprevention in education.

A comparison of the foreseen against the achieved results in terms of Project deliverables,indicators and objectives is presented in Table 20. The successes and lessons learntthroughout the implementation of the Project are shortly described in the column“Evaluation”.

Table 20: Comparison of the actions implemented within the framework of the Projectagainst its objectives.Task Foreseen in the

revised proposalAchieved Evaluation

1. ProjectManagementand Reportingto the EC

Recruitment ofthe entities for thepropermanagement (inthe kick-of-meeting)

Recruitment ofthe ProjectManagementBoard, the ProjectManagementTeam and theAdvisory Group,on time.

The recruitment of these entities at the beginning ofthe Project during the kick-of-meeting (on time) ledto the resolution of all difficulties, withoutintroducing significant delays in the work-plan.These decision-making bodies ensured the effectivemanagement and prompt implementation of theProject.

Seven (7)meetings of theProjectManagementBoard

Seven (7)meetings of theProjectManagementBoard wereorganised on time.

Although the day-to-day communication of theProject Management Team ensured the promptimplementation of the Project, these meetings werecrucial for addressing difficulties, planning theimplementation strategy and evaluating the Projectprogress and deliverables. The PMB meetingscontributed to the achievement of the Project’sobjectives within the anticipated time-schedule andresources.

Three (3) progressreports to the EC

Three (3) progressreports (Inception,Mid-term

The Mid-term report and the Final report weredelivered with a delay, but they contained all therequired data and information at a high detail and

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Task Foreseen in therevised proposal

Achieved Evaluation

andFinal report)were submitted tothe EC

quality.

2. State-of-the-ArtReview

Production ofdetailedinformation sheetsabout the mainwaste preventionactivities thathave beenemployed at LAlevel throughoutEurope

Ten (10) detailedinformation sheetswere produced ontime

These information sheets were proved valuable forthe development of the WASP-Tool freeware as wellas for planning the implementation of the WASPTool waste prevention pilot actions.

Investigation andevaluation of thewaste preventionassessmentmethods that havebeenused/proposed inthe literature

A report on thewaste preventionassessmentmethods has beendelivered, on time

This task was completed successfully, as itcontributed to the adoption of the waste preventionassessment method that was most suitable to be usedin the WASP Tool project. Part of the results of PartII were published in the Journal Waste Management,while the implementation of the assessment methodsto the food waste reduction intervention (Action 5)resulted in the publication of a paper in WasteManagement & Research.

Interviews of atleast 30-40 “key-persons” in thethree projectimplementationareas

Sixty five (65)interviews wereconducted, ontime

The information derived from these interviewshelped the WASP Tool team to sketch out the wastegeneration and management characteristics in thestudy areas.

600questionnaires onthe knowledgeand attitude ofcitizens on wasteprevention

605 (out of 700distributed) fullycompletedquestionnaireswere obtained andanalysed, on time

The results of this empirical study are useful for thedevelopment and implementation of more user-friendly waste prevention schemes and appropriatecommunication campaigns. Therefore, they wereused in the elaboration of the State-of-the-ArtReview.

Combination ofthe abovementioned tasksin a State-of-the-art report

A State-of-the-artreport wasdelivered

The State-of-the-art report proved crucial for thedesign of the WASP-Tool freeware, theimplementation of the waste prevention actions andthe dissemination of the WASP Tool project resultsto all interested parties. The report was finalised atthe end of April 2012, a month later than the foreseentime-plan (March 2012) but this short delay did notintroduce any further delay to the subsequent Actions(2, 3 and 5) of the Project, neither did it affect itssmooth implementation.

3. Design anddevelopmentof the WASPTool

First version ofthe WASP-Tool

The first versionof the WASP-Tool wasdelivered on time

Up to May 2013 (the foreseen end date of theActivity 3.1) the WASP- Tool components (theknowledge base, the rule base and the web-basedinterface) had been elaborated in accordance with theapproved Technical Part. However, the PMTmembers of HUA, EPEM and ENVITECH decidedthat the interface required minor modifications inorder to provide extra useful information to the non-expert user. Therefore, the beta version of the WASPTool was up and running at the project’s website bythe end of June 2013, while the final version wascompleted in August 2013. This time extension hadno impact on the project’s implementation, as the

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beta WASP Tool was functional, providing reliableresults.Lesson learnt: the interface is as an important“player” in a decision support system, as is itsalgorithm.

Final version ofthe WASP-Toolrevised and readyfor use

Final version ofthe WASP-Toolrevised and readyfor use, on time

The final version was delivered on time. Theinterface of the final version was improved upon thecomments of EU and the users’ feedback. However,the most innovative improvement was that the finalversion was enriched with real data and experiencesfrom the waste prevention interventionimplementedwithin the WASP Tool project. In the future atranslated version of the WASP-Tool could help LAsin other Mediterranean countries that face similarproblems with their waste management system, toproduce or update a WPS, maximising thereplicability and transferability of the WASP Toolproject.

4.Implementa-tion of theWASP Toolfor WastePreventionStrategyDevelopment

Training manual Training manualon the WASP-Tool freewarewas produced ontime

Initially, a training manual on the beta version wasproduced on time. Later on, a revised manualcorresponding to the Final version of the WASP-Toolfreeware was delivered. The manual is accompaniedwith a presentation and a video demo.

Three (3) trainingworkshops/seminars

Three (3) trainingworkshops wereorganised

A minor modification to the organisation of theworkshops has been made, which contributed to moresmooth and effective implementation of the Project.

On-line help On-line helpestablished ontime

The On-line help consists of a training manual, apresentation and a video. In addition, the WASP-Toolfreeware has flags providing information.

Three (3) WastePreventionStrategies

Three (3) WastePreventionStrategies wereproduced on time

The Waste Prevention Strategies of the participatingLA’s can be used as good examples for other LA’s inGreece and Cyrpus.

5.Implementation of theselected wastepreventionactions

Report on theselection of pilotareas

Report on theselection of pilotareas, conductedon time

The pilot areas were selected using the expertise ofthe local partners and the relating consultant partners,as to better suit the goals of the project under thelocal circumstances

Micro-compositionanalysis of wastein the pilot areas

The micro-compositionanalysis of wastein the pilot areaswas conducted ontime, but thereport wasdelivered a monthlater

The relevant report was delivered by the participatingLA’s one month later than the anticipated in order tobe improved in line with the remarks of HUA,EPEM, ENVITECH. The advantage of this analysisis that it provides the actual local percentages ofspecific waste streams.

Information andtraining materialon wastepreventioninterventions

Information andtraining materialon wastepreventioninterventions wasdelivered on time

The information and training material met theexpectation of transferring the concept of wasteprevention to the target groups (public, LA’s, wastemanagement stakeholders), as they were presentingthe Project and its objectives in a simple andattractive way.

Articles ingastronomicmagazines

Twoarticles in thelocal newspaper«Νέα Κρήτη» andthe Cypriotmonthly magazine“Vantage”

As the economic crisis resulted in cuts in the printingpages of press, the cooking magazines had no spacefor the publication of extra topics. However, theWASP Tool consortium succeeded in publishing twoarticles with tips for proper food management, andmany others dedicated to food waste prevention(environmental and ethical dimensions).Lesson

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learnt:The content of articles/reportages is delineatedby the Newspaper’s editors in chief, with regards tothe contemporaneous conditions. Therefore, thepresentation of a topic (in this case, food wasteprevention) has to be accordingly adjusted.

Three (3) WastePreventionInterventionreports

Three (3) WastePreventionInterventionreports, on time

The employed methodology (different in eachparticipating LA, the results and lessons learnt) couldbe useful as a starting point for those planning arelevant intervention.

6.Developmentof the “WastePreventionNetwork”



The networking efforts with LAs, educators and otherrelevant projects were successful. However, the useof a forum for the communication of the LAs inGreece and Cyprus had poor performance, as theirpersonnel preferred to communicate via e-mail andtelephone calls. The communication of the WastePrevention Network members was achieved throughfrequent email exchanges and telephone calls.

7.Communica-tion anddissemination

Newsletters Newslettersproduced on time

Newsletters of high quality were produced and goodvisibility was achieved, as a large mailing list wasemployed.

Notice boards Three noticeboards

Noticeboards of high quality and aesthetics wereproduced by all relevant partners

Informationleaflets

Four informationleaflets producedon time

Leaflets of high quality content and aesthetics wereproduced by all relevant partners

Layman’s report 2,500 Greekcopies and 1,500English copies

A high quality Layman’s report, which constitutes avaluable instrument for the wider dissemination ofthe project results has been produced

8. Monitoringand evaluation

End-of-Actionreports

End-of-Actionreports producedon time

Quality End-of-Action reports, according to theinternal procedures set by the PMB were prepared

9. Auditing Financial auditreport

Financial auditreport

Financial audit report with no major findings

10. AfterLIFE+communica-tion plan

After LIFE+communicationplan

After LIFE+communicationplan, on time

Efforts for the implementation of the After LIFE+communication plan have been started. Theparticipation in three events (EWWR 2014, a feeding5K campaign, workshop for educators) is alreadyscheduled.

5.4Analysis of long-term benefits

1. Environmental benefits

The achievement of the WASP Tool project objectives, i.e. waste prevention throughthedevelopment and proactive implementation of Waste Prevention Strategies at the LocalAuthority level, has contributed to resource savings, reduction of waste and greenhouse gasesemissions, and therefore the mitigation of climate change. It also indirectly promoted theconcept of circular economy in the sense that it promotes the design of products that circulateat good quality without entering the biosphere as waste.

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The WASP Tool project has several direct environmental benefits, including the (estimated)diversion from landfilling of approximately 11,100 single-use plastic bags (approximately44.4 kg), 9,550 kg of clothes and shoes (up to May 2013), 3,500 kg of plastic water bottles. Itshould be noted that the estimated figure of single-use plastic bags has derived fromESDAK’s data (April – September 2014). The total amount of the distributed reusableshopping bags (18,000 items) would correspond to the replacement of 36,000 single-useplastic bags (144 kg).During the implementation of the Project, transportation was reduced tothe minimum necessary level and the use of e-mails and skype calls, was largely applied. Allpaper work was printed on recycled paper. The implementation of the pilot waste preventionactions, the production of dissemination and training material on waste prevention and thetransfer of knowledge to municipalities, educators and general public, is expected to have apositive effect of the prevention of municipal waste in Greece and Cyprus. The producedWaste Prevention Programmes are expected to guide the participating municipalities ofChania, Heraklio and Paralimni and to be exploited as good examples by other municipalitiesin Greece and Cyprus.

The EU Waste Strategy addresses waste prevention as one of its priority issues. The basicobjectives of current EU waste policy – to prevent waste and promote re-use, recycling andrecovery so as to reduce the negative environmental impact and save resources – are stillvalid. The WASP Tool project has practically supported the abovementioned objectives by:

the implementation and demonstration of a waste prevention decision support tool at theLocal Authority level;

the impact-based, Life-Cycle thinking approach developed and used to evaluate specificwaste interventions in specific, real-life conditions; and

the transfer of information and knowledge to the public and waste managementstakeholders.

The long-term goal is for the EU to become a recycling society that seeks to avoid waste anduses waste as a resource. On this ground, the revised Waste Framework Directive (directive2008/98/EC) required that Member States establish, by the end of 2013, national wasteprevention programmes (to be evaluated at least every sixth year and revised as appropriate).The WASP Tool project contributed to that end, as it is mentioned as a good practice in theNational Waste Prevention Plan of Greece. Also, the target of the EU Landfill Directive(1999/31/EC) is the progressive reduction of biodegradable municipal waste going to landfill,to 35% of the 1995 disposal level by 2020. Prevention of this waste stream obviouslycontributes to the achievement of this target. The WASP Tool project has contributed toorganic waste diversion from landfilling, via the pilot implementation of home compostingand the actions to prevent food waste.

In conclusion the WASP Tool project has clearly contributed to all the above mentioned EUpolicies and legislation, by: (a) developing a decision support tool, the WASP Tool, to assistLocal Authorities to develop their customised Waste Prevention Strategies, and bydemonstrating; (b) the utility of the Tool in developing such strategies; and (c) the pilotimplementation of an array of waste prevention options in the Mediterranean region.TheWASP-Tool freeware has been developed within the requirements of Directive 98/2008 andthe Thematic Strategy on waste prevention and recycling in the EU. More specifically, theselection of the waste prevention activities, which were used for the development of theWASP-Tool freeware, was based upon the requirements of the WASP Tool project, inconsistence with similar projects implemented in several regions of Europe and within the

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requirements of Directive 98/2008 and the Thematic Strategy on waste prevention andrecycling.

2. Long term benefits and sustainability

The WASP Tool project reflects one of the first attempts in Greece and Cyprus to select andimplement waste prevention activities at Local Authority level. Therefore, it was developed toprovide a useful decision support tool for Local Authorities, as well as to set the ground forembodying waste prevention in attitude and behaviours of citizens in Greece and Cyprus, in atime horizon that exceeds its implementation. One of its major objectives was to provide highvisibility for waste generation (the targeted environmental problem) and waste prevention (theproposed solution) through the implementation of waste prevention strategies and thepromotion of their positive effects on the environment and the society.

Overall, the long-term benefits of the WASP Tool project are the following:

- Waste reduction at the regions of the participating LAs, leading to resources savings andreduced landfilled waste volume, reducing all the associated environmental burdens;

- Change of behaviours towards less waste generation and resource saving;- Development/improvement of local Waste Prevention Programmes;- The results of the implemented waste prevention actions proved effective and thus can be

utilised as examples/references for the implementation of relevant large-scale actions.

Waste generation (the problem), as well as waste prevention (the proposed solution), haveenvironmental, socio-economic and health impacts. The amount of generated waste isalarming. Regarding food waste alone, studies have shown that in Sweden, on average, everyhousehold throws away 25% of food purchased. In Britain every year 18 million tonnes offood, still perfectly edible, are thrown away for an annual cost of 10 billion pounds. TheWASP Tool project had and will keep on having positive socio-economic effects through theintegration of environmental and societal objectives regarding mainly food waste, plasticwaste and paper waste, demonstrating that combating the environmental and ethical issue ofwaste is feasible and creates economic benefits for stakeholders involved.

The successful selection and implementation of the Project’s pilot actions is proven by theircontinuation after the end of the WASP Tool project. ESDAK will continue the clothes andshoes bins collection system, while DEDISA will maintain the Exchange Library kiosks. Allthree LAs as well as HUA, will keep on providing support to the participants of the homecomposting intervention, which is expected to continue to be carried on by the recipients ofthe bins. ESDAK will keep on organising seminars/workshops on food waste prevention (thenext one is scheduled on 24 November 2014). HUA will maintain the Waste PreventionNetwork (within its framework, HUA will present the WASP Tool project in the Workshop ofthe Network for Educators on 21 October 2014, which will be organised in HUA). Theclothes and shoes collection bins system is expected to be “expanded” in more areas in Cretein 2015.

3. Replicability, demonstration, transferability, cooperation

The replicability and transferability of the Project’s actions and products to other LocalAuthorities of European countries, especially in the Mediterranean region, is high andeconomically feasible. Waste generation is a universal problem, while the WASP-Tool

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deliverables (the WASP-Tool freeware, the State-of-the-Art review, the network and thedissemination material) can be easily adopted to promote waste prevention all over EU.

The concepts and the methodologies used in this demonstration project can be readily used, inmany cases, in other Local Authorities in Greece and Cyprus. The WASP-Tool interface, iftranslated, could be implemented in other Mediterranean countries, together with theassociated benefits. It could also be used as a training means for students, educators and thepublic in general. The only limiting factor for the implementation of the WASP-Tool iswhether the data will be valid in the years to come. However, the data can be easily updated,as this type of flexibility is built in the Tool.

Workshops and open days were evaluated to be effective as means for raising awareness anddisseminating the Project’s objectives and deliverables. These communication channels havea high degree of replicability and transferability and build on cooperation betweenparticipants. Detailed information on the pilot waste prevention actions in the participatingLAs is being and will continue to be transferred within Greece and Cyprus, providing a usefulguide for waste prevention tasks.

4. Best practice lessons

Throughout the implementation of the WASP Tool project, the following best practice lessonswere learnt:

When conducting a State-of-the-Art review on places, regions and /or countries wherepublished information is scarce, a network of high qualified and experienced experts isneeded. In the case of the WASP Tool, this network was ensured by the Advisory Group,the participating academics and the environmental consultants. In addition, theestablishment of a baseline instead of modelling solely from data derived out the projectwill save time and prevent mistakes.

The establishment of a communication channel with the media is a prerequisite, but notalways sufficient for the publication of a Project’s results, in an era of economic recession.Pages in magazines are often being cut. In order to tackle this difficulty, we focused onlocal press and national newspapers. This method has proved effective, as it led to thedirect and efficient dissemination of the WASP Tool events, workshops and results to thetargeted groups.

Although the utilisation of web 2.0 tools was effective, members of the Waste PreventionNetwork did not embrace the forum as a means of communication and informationexchange. We concluded that in small countries, such as Greece and Cyprus, wastemanagement stakeholders consider easier to communicate through telephone calls or/ande-mails, rather than exchange information through a forum, as personal relationships areeasily established. Therefore, the WASP Tool management team developed an effectivecommunication channel through telephone calls and emails.

5. Innovation and demonstration value

The demonstration of the WASP-Tool freeware for Local Authorities was the most innovativeaspect of the Project as it was the first time that a Waste Prevention Decision Support Toolwas developed and implemented viaidentification and evaluation of different wasteprevention activities using Life-Cycle thinking for municipalities. Moreover, the WASP-Tool

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was refined on the basis of the actual data derived during the implementation of specific wasteprevention interventions in the participating LAs.

The demonstration character of the WASP Tool project was stressed out by testing its coredeliverable, the WASP-Tool freeware, in two Mediterranean countries / regions that sharemany similarities (tourist areas with wide fluctuation of population, large islands,Mediterranean climate and similar food preparation habits), but still have many differences intheir population size, the economic conditions, the structure of their administration and wastemanagement systems, and potentially other social and cultural factors that may influenceconsumption and attitudes towards waste. All these factors have been thoroughly investigatedduring the implementation of the Project. Therefore, the WASP-Tool freeware would helpproduce or update a waste prevention strategy and also provide ideas to deliver wasteprevention activities, once the strategy has been produced, to other Mediterranean countriesthat face similar problems with their waste management and can be used for implementingtheir national waste prevention strategies. The transferability potential of the Project’sdeliverables is considered high within the Mediterranean region. The implementation of themost suitable prevention actions (according to the results of the WASP-Tool) in the three (3)participating LAs, enhanced the demonstration impact of the Project. The innovation degreeof the WASP Tool pilot actions could be questioned, as waste prevention activities had beenalready implemented in other countries of (Central and North, mainly) Europe. However, theirimplementation in Greece and Cyprus was innovative, as Greek and Cypriot people hadscarce information about such actions or even the notion of waste prevention, which was oftenconfused with recycling. At the time the WASP Tool project started, there was no wasteprevention strategy at national level in both countries.

6. Long term indicators of the project success

The quantification of the Project success is a challenge, as the main Project objective, wasteprevention, is not easily measured. However, the WASP Tool consortium considers that theProject success can be assessed though the following quantifiable indicators:

WASP-Tool implementation in LAs and education systems (number and frequency):Thedesign, the development and the implementation of the web-based decision support tool, theWASP-Tool, was the core of the WASP Tool Project. The Tool is enriched with real data andexperiences from the implemented within the WASP Tool project waste preventioninterventions, and is expected to be used by as many as possible municipalities in Greece andCyprus, with ultimate goal the development / improvement of their own Waste PreventionStrategy. The number and the frequency (uses per time) of its implementation would be themain quantifiable long term indicators of the project success.

References to WASP Tool project in official reports with possible effect on policydecisions (number):A reference to the WASP Tool project has already been made in theNational Waste Prevention Strategy (NWPS) of Greece, where it is indicated that the resultsand the knowledge gained during the implementation of projects, such as the WASP Toolproject, were taken into consideration in order to develop the NWPS and to select wasteprevention measures and actions. Such references would seal the success of the project.

Maintenance of the Waste Prevention Network (number of meetings, number ofexchanged data, number of members in the e-mail list): The provision of data and lessons-learnt derived from the WASP Tool project to the Waste Prevention Network members andvice versa would indicate the degree of the project success.

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Scientific publications and presentation in conferences (number, impact factor ofjournals, and citation): A number of publications regarding the results of the WASP Toolproject pilot actions are being prepared to be submitted in scientific journals and internationalconferences, on top of those that have already been published. Their publication would furtherenhance the communication and the dissemination of the Project’s results.

Publicity of the WASP Tool project results (number of articles/presentations in media):The number of references in press, e-press, TV channels and radio, after the end of the Projectcould serve as an indicator of success. However, this number is anticipated to have a peakafter the release / publication of the final results and then it will fade with time.

Website visits (number of hits, number of new visitors): The project’s website will bemaintained for at least five (5) years after the end of the project and serve as a continuouscommunication channel for the project’s results. It will be updated with new publications andrelating events organised by HUA.

Transferability of the project’s waste prevention interventions (number of actions thatwill be “replicated” / “transferred”): A small, but increasing, number of municipalitieshave already show interest on the pilot waste prevention interventions of the WASP Toolproject, with ultimate aim to adapt and implement them in their local conditions.

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6. Annexes

7.1 Administrative annexesAt the stage of producing the FR, most administrative annexes have been submitted to theCommission. A list of them indicatingwith which report they have been already submitted tothe Commission is presented in the following Table:

Submitted administrative annexes Provided in(IR: Inception report; MTR:

Mid-term report)

Annexed (in therelevant report) as

HUA –DEDISA partnershipagreement

IR 5.1.1

HUA –ESDAK partnershipagreement

IR 5.1.2

HUA –EPEM partnership agreement IR 5.1.3HUA –ENVITECH partnership

agreementIR 5.1.4

HUA –MoPpartnership agreement IR 5.1.5Kick-off-meeting IR 5.4.1 – 5.4.2

1st PMB meeting minutes IR (Deliverable – Action 1) 5.2.12nd PMB meeting minutes IR(Deliverable – Action 1) 5.2.23rd PMB meeting minutes MTR (Deliverable – Action 1) 7.1.14th PMB meeting minutes MTR (Deliverable – Action 1) 7.1.2List of the AG members MTR 7.3.2

A list of the administrative annexes submitted with the Final Report is provided in thefollowing Table:

Number Description7.1.1 List of the key staff of the WASP Tool project7.1.2 5th PMB meeting minutes (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 1)7.1.3 6th PMB meeting minutes (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 1)7.1.4 7th PMB meeting minutes (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 1)7.1.5 Response to the EC letter of 17.03.2014 (Ref. Ares(2014) 764428)7.1.6 Response to the EC letter of 22.07.2014 (Ref. Ares(2014) 2421852)7.1.7 Response to the EC letter of 21.11.2014 (Ref. Ares(2014) 4301601)

7.2 Technical annexes

Number Description7.2.1 List of keywords and abbreviations used7.2.2 Manual of the WASP-Tool (GR, abstract in EN)– (Deliverable – Action 4)7.2.3 Training presentation of the WASP-Tool use (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 4)7.2.4 Video-demo on the use of WASP-Tool (GR)7.2.5 & 7.2.6 Waste Prevention Strategy of Chania (DEDISA) and Heraklio (ESDAK)–

(GR, abstract in EN) - (Deliverable – Action 4)

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7.2.7 Waste Prevention Strategy of Paralimni–(CY, abstract in EN) - (Deliverable– Action 4)

7.2.8 Waste Prevention Intervention Report for DEDISA (GR, abstract in EN) -(Deliverable – Action 5)

7.2.9 Waste Prevention Intervention Report for ESDAK (GR, abstract in EN) -(Deliverable – Action 5)

7.2.10 Waste Prevention Intervention Report for MoP (GR, abstract in EN) -(Deliverable – Action 5)

7.2.11 Leaflet for food waste prevention (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.2.12 Leaflet for food waste prevention (EN) - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.2.13 Leaflet for home composting (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.2.14 Leaflet for home composting (EN) - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.2.15 Manual on home composting (GR, abstract in EN)7.2.16 Leaflet for the 3rd and the 4th waste prevention interventions (GR) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.17 Leaflet for the 3rd and the 4th waste prevention interventions (EN) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.18 Training material for the workshop – Recipes with left-overs (GR) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.19 Brochure for food waste prevention ESDAK (GR)7.2.20 Training material for the workshop - Presentation for food waste prevention in

households - Christou O. (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.21 Training material for the workshop - Exercise on Fool Labels ESDAK (GR) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.22 Training material for the workshop - Questions and answers on food safety

ESDAK (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.23 Training material for the workshop - Certificate of attendance ESDAK (GR) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.24 Training material for the workshop - Assessment questionnaire ESDAK (GR)

- (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.25-7.2.27 Training material for the workshop - Presentations for food waste prevention

in households – Fragkiadakis(GR) - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.28 Training material for the workshop - Exercise on Fool Labels DEDISA (GR) -

(Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.29 Training material for the workshop - Questions and answers on food safety

DEDISA (GR) - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.30 Training material for the workshop - Certificate of attendance DEDISA (GR)

- (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.31 Training material for the workshop - Assessment questionnaire DEDISA

(GR) - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.2.32.1 Brochure for the promotion of reusable bags of ESDAK (GR)7.2.32.2 Informative material for the promotion of reusable bags of DEDISA (GR)7.2.33 A full list of the places where the clothes and shoes bins were installed7.2.34 Brochure for the prevention of clothes waste of ESDAK (GR)7.2.35 Extended abstract of the micro-composition analysis of waste (EN)7.2.36 Presentation on office waste reduction7.2.37 Guide on office waste reduction7.2.38 Overview of the office waste prevention7.2.39 Agenda of the Final Conference of the LIFE Waste-C-Control project7.2.40 Indicatively email contacts between Dr. K. Lasaridi (HUA, WASP Tool

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project coordinator) and Laurence Galon (Rennes Metropole, responsible forthe Miniwaste project

7.2.41 Response of Mr.MicheauxNaudet upon our request for information about thePre-waste tool

7.2.42 Letter of intent – FUSIONS7.2.43 Agenda of the 2nd Southern Europe Multi Stakeholder Regional Platform7.2.44 Agenda of the FUSIONS Social Camp7.2.45 A networking email chain (resultant of the participation in the FUSIONS

Social Camp7.2.46 Press release for the “Clean-up day 2014” event7.2.47 E-mail of the “Clean-up day 2014” event press release to the media7.2.48 E-mail proof of networking with CONDENSE project7.2.49 E-mail proof of networking with FORWARD project7.2.50 E-mail proof of networking with COBALT project7.2.51 Agenda of the conference of the CYPADAPT project7.2.52 E-mail proof of networking with the organisation “slowfood”7.2.53 Annual progress report of the Local Network on Waste Prevention for

Educators 2012 – 2013 (list of events)7.2.54 Annual progress report of the Local Network on Waste Prevention for

Educators 2013 – 2014 (list of events)7.2.55 E-book for Elementary Education7.2.56 E-book for Secondary Education7.2.57 Agenda of the workshop of the Local Network on Waste Prevention for

Educators7.2.58 End-of-action report (Action 1) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.59 End-of-action report (Action 3) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.60 End-of-action report (Action 4) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.61 End-of-action report (Action 5) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.62 End-of-action report (Action 6) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.63 End-of-action report (Action 7) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.64 End-of-action report (Action 8) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.65 End-of-action report (Action 9) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.66 End-of-action report (Action 10) - (Deliverable – Action 8)7.2.67 PMB indicators reports7.2.68 LCA of the waste prevention interventions7.2.69 Report on the “LIVE LINK” and distribution of reusable shopping bags7.2.70 Networking events in CY7.2.71 Report on a dissemination and networking event in CY7.2.72 GR Audit report – (Deliverable /Milestone – Action 9)7.2.73 CY Audit report I – (Deliverable /Milestone – Action 9)7.2.74 CY Audit report II– (Deliverable /Milestone – Action 9)

7.3 Dissemination annexes

Number Description7.3.1.1 Layman’s report in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 5)7.3.1.2 Layman’s report in English - (Deliverable – Action 5)

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7.3.2.1 After LIFE Communication Plan in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 10)7.3.2.2 After LIFE Communication Plan in English- (Deliverable – Action 10)7.3.2.3 Supplement in the After LIFE+ Communication Plan

7.3.3.1 Video #1 on food waste prevention7.3.3.2 Video #2 on waste prevention7.3.4 Dissemination actions report (updated)7.3.5.1 Picture of the notice board in the Municipality of Chania- (Deliverable –

Action 7)7.3.5.2 Picture of the notice board in the Municipality of Chania- (Deliverable –

Action 7)7.3.6.1 Picture of the notice board in the Municipality of Heraklio- (Deliverable –

Action 7)7.3.6.2 Picture of the notice board in the Municipality of Heraklio- (Deliverable –

Action 7)7.3.7 Picture of the notice board in the Municipality of Municipality of Paralimni-

(Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.8.1 Newsletter # 4 in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.8.2 Newsletter # 4 in English - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.9.1 Newsletter # 5 in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.9.2 Newsletter # 5 in English - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.10.1 Newsletter # 6 in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.10.2 Newsletter # 6 in English - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.11.1 Newsletter # 7 in Greek - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.11.2 Newsletter # 7 in English - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.12.1 Article in the website www.cretalive.gr7.3.12.2 Article in the website www.cretalive.gr7.3.12.3 Article in Vantage magazine June – July 20137.3.12.4 Article in Vantage magazine August - September 20137.3.12.5 Article in Vantage magazine October - November 20137.3.12.6 Article in the newspaper Real News7.3.12.7 Article in Vantage magazine December 2013 – January 20147.3.12.8 Article in the newspaper ChaniotikaNea7.3.12.9 Article in the newspaper ChaniotikaNea7.3.12.10 Article in the newspaper Ethnos7.3.12.11 Article in Vantage magazine February – March 20147.3.12.12 Article in the newspaper ChaniotikaNea7.3.12.13 Article in Vantage magazine April –May 20147.3.12.14 Article in Vantage magazine June – July 2014 - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.12.15 Article in Water & Waste Weekly News7.3.12.16 Article in Daily Fax7.3.12.17 Article in the newspaper NeaKriti - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.12.18 Article in Vantage magazine August – September 20147.3.12.19 References in Water + Waste7.3.12.20 Athens Voice article7.3.12.21 Plant management7.3.13 Video TV channels7.3.14 Press releases7.3.15 Technical Publications Report - (Deliverable – Action 7)7.3.16.1 CEMEPE 2013 I–paper7.3.16.2 CEMEPE 2013 II–paper

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7.3.16.2a CEMEPE 2013 II- presentation7.3.16.3 CEST 2013 I – paper7.3.16.3a CEST 2013 I – presentation7.3.16.4 CEST 2013 II – paper7.3.16.4a CEST 2013 II- presentation7.3.16.5 CEST 2013 III – paper7.3.16.5a CEST 2013 III- presentation7.3.16.6 CEST 2013 IV – paper7.3.16.6a CEST 2013 IV- presentation7.3.16.7 SARDINIA 2013 – paper7.3.16.7a SARDINIA 2013 - presentation7.3.16.8 ISWA WORLD CONGRESS - poster7.3.16.9 ADAPT TO CLIMATE - paper7.3.16.9a ADAPT TO CLIMATE - presentation7.3.16.10 ATHENS 2014 I– paper7.3.16.10a ATHENS 2014 I– presentation7.3.16.11 ATHENS 2014 II– paper7.3.16.11a ATHENS 2014 II– presentation7.3.16.12 ORBIT 2014 I – paper7.3.16.12a ORBIT 2014 I – presentation7.3.16.13 ORBIT 2014 II – paper7.3.16.13a ORBIT 2014 II – presentation7.3.16.14 ORBIT 2014 III – paper7.3.16.15 ORBIT 2014 IV – paper7.3.16.15a ORBIT 2014 IV - presentation7.3.16.16 ORBIT 2014 V – presentation7.3.16.17 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 I- paper7.3.16.17 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 I- presentation7.3.16.18 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 II- paper7.3.16.18 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 II- presentation7.3.16.19 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 III- paper7.3.16.19 XII PRE SKIATHOS 2014 III- presentation7.3.16.20 IHWM CRETE 2014 I - paper7.3.16.20 IHWM CRETE 2014 I - presentation7.3.16.21 IHWM CRETE 2014 II - paper7.3.16.21 IHWM CRETE 2014 II - presentation7.3.16.22 IHWM CRETE 2014 III - paper7.3.16.22 IHWM CRETE 2014 III - presentation7.3.16.23 GREEN CHEMISTRY 2014- paper7.3.16.24 PHYTOTECHNOLOGIES - poster7.3.17.1 Abeliotis et al.7.3.17.2 Zorpas et al., I7.3.17.3 Zorpas et al., II7.3.18 Presentation in the Final Conference of the LIFE Waste-C-Control project7.3.19 Agenda of the seminar in Environmental Education Centre of Elefsina7.3.20 Presentation I for the seminar in Environmental Education Centre of Elefsina7.3.21 Presentation II for the seminar in Environmental Education Centre of Elefsina7.3.22 Invitation for the 3rd Sustainability Week (American College of Greece)7.3.23 Presentation in the FUSIONS SOCIAL CAMP7.3.24 Presentation in the Environmental Education Centre of Edessa

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7.3.25 ESDAK Workshop – invitation & agenda7.3.26.1 ESDAK Workshop – participants list, day 1, part a7.3.26.2 ESDAK Workshop – participants list, day 1, part b7.3.26.3 ESDAK Workshop – participants list, day 27.3.27 WASP Tool project Final Workshop – invitation7.3.28 WASP Tool project Final Workshop – agenda7.3.29 WASP Tool project Final Workshop – presentations7.3.30 WASP Tool project Final Workshop – participants list7.3.31 Photographs7.3.32 Standard presentation7.3.33 Presentation in REINNOVA Conference

7.4 Final table of indicatorsThe final outcome indicators are illustrated in Figures 18 and 19; tables are also provided inexcel format as Annex 7.4.

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Figure 18:The final output indicators of the LIFE+ WASP Tool project: Part 1: Preparatoryactions and Part 2: Concrete actions

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Figure 19:The final output indicators of the LIFE+ WASP Tool project: Part 3: Awarenessraising and communication

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8. Financial report and annexes

life10env/gr/622 final report covering the project ...wasptool.hua.gr/documents/deliverables/wasp...

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