Waste Transhipment Stations
Municipalities are in charge of collecting and transporting waste from the designated and organised collection points. Municipal waste is transported in specific collection and transportation vehicles, transhipped and temporarily stored in waste transhipment stations, to be then transported to the Waste treatment unit.
From the SMA, compressed solid waste is deposited to sanitary landfills to be buried.
FODSA of Peloponnese has designed and submitted for funding under the Operational Programme «Transport infrastructures, Environment and Sustainable development 2014-2020» two projects for the construction of fifteen (15) Waste transhipment stations (SMA), in order to reduce transportation cost to SDIT units.
Construction of seven (7) SMAs was approved to serve the Municipalities of Loutraki, Agioi Theodoroi, Perachora, North Kynoria, South Kynouria, Monemvasia, Western Mani, Elafonisos, Kalamata and Messini; eight (8) more shall be integrated in the Municipalities of Monemvasia, Gortynia, Epidaurus, Xilokastro, Evrostini, Sykiona, Eastern Mani, Sparti, Pylos- Nestoros and Ermioni.