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POLYECO S.A. participates in the project of decontamination and double redevelopment of a property of the Municipality of Athens in Botanikos area. The scope of the project is the removal and management of all waste, hazardous and non-hazardous, as well as the demolition of buildings in the specific land. The project also includes fencing restoration work, as well as security services to ensure public health and the protection of the environment. The scope is to hand over the land, where the new Panathinaikos stadium will be built, clean and free of waste.
POLYECO S.A. during its professional journey has successfully undertaken, in Greece and abroad, the remediation of lands that have been contaminated by hazardous waste. It processes and converts hazardous and non-hazardous waste into energy, producing alternative fuel. This product replaces fuel raw materials, reducing the carbon footprint, contributing to the Environment and the Circular Economy.
It offers integrated solutions in the field of waste management, undertaking the final legal disposal and their correct environmental utilization.
It is about the preliminary works that are being held at the construction site of the Botanic Stadium, within the framework of the double regeneration project. These works will contribute to the improvement of the infrastructure of the Botanic area and the upgrading of the standard of living of its inhabitants.
The duration of the project is one (1) year and is estimated to be completed, according to the contract, on March 2024.
Record
In November 2013, during an emergency inspection by Environmental Inspectors, it was found that there was an uncontrolled disposal of solid waste in a fenced area owned by the Municipality of Athens, in Botanikos area, on which an excavation had been made in the past for the construction of the Panathinaikos stadium. Due to this disposal and the accumulation of combustible material (paper, rubble, etc.), at least fifteen (15) fires broke out, as a result of which the Athens Fire Service Administration issued a document, according to which there was a recommendation "... in order to avoid a new outbreak of fire, please secure the perimeter of the area and guard it so that access and deposition of waste are not possible".
The situation of the site resembled an Uncontrolled Waste Disposal Area within an urban area, and it was imperative that the decontamination of the site proceed immediately, with legal management of the deposited waste, both for reasons of protecting the natural environment and the public health, as well as for reasons of releasing the area.
The works carried out are:
• Identification and recording of waste
• Classification of waste into hazardous and non-hazardous
• Removal and collection of asbestos materials
• Hazardous waste collection and transport operations (aluminum slag with contaminated soils, creosote-impregnated wood, vehicle shredding waste, toner waste, etc.)
The sanitation of a contaminated site and its delivery free of waste for its subsequent use.
Benefits:
• Upgrading the plot - Removal of hazardous waste from the uncontrolled disposal site
• Protection of public health
• Safeguarding space and preventing illegal activities
• Avoid ignition of hazardous waste
• Delivery of cleared land for the construction of the stadium, which for decades was used as an illegal dump
• Legal and environmentally sound waste management
In addition, our professionalism and know-how ensure the exemplary cleaning of the plot, as well as the proper utilization of waste (hazardous and non-hazardous). Indicatively, more than 700 tons of hazardous waste and more than 40,000 tons of demolition waste (rubble) have been removed, which were crushed, separated and utilized in a legal and environmentally sound manner.
The project is implemented on a total area of 178 acres, in Botanikos region (Urban Planning Unit of Eleonas), in the Municipality of Athens. The intervention area for the construction of the stadium and the park is approximately 125 acres.
Involvement of specialized personnel who have the required experience and training for the safe handling of hazardous and non-hazardous waste.
The decontamination and safeguarding of the mentioned plot has multiple benefits for the city of Athens. The removal of waste from the site, which is in the heart of Athens, in an area with intense economic activity, combined with its guarding and delimitation, improves the quality of life and the safety in the area. All these can be considered as the first positive impression of the wider project of construction the new stadium of Panathinaikos.
