Residents who recycle used frying oil can now earn free parking and cinema tickets under a Chania cooking oil scheme that starts handing out collection containers on 19 October.
The Municipality of Chania is rolling out four smart systems worth €310,000, paid for through the Greece 2.0 recovery plan. Those systems link better cleaning services with real-time information, while also rewarding residents.
At their centre is a program called “Epivravefsi Oso Petao”, which loosely translates as “rewarded as I throw away”. Under the Chania cooking oil program, residents earn rewards for collecting household oil separately.
How the Chania cooking oil program works
The council has set aside 25,000 special green containers. It has also installed nine ATM-style collection machines around the municipality.
Residents fill a container with used oil at home. When it is full, they drop it at a machine, which hands back a clean one.
Those who register on the program’s website collect points with each drop-off.
They can then swap the points for parking credit through the iPark app. Points also buy free entry for two to the Kipos Municipal Cinema or the Chania Municipal Art Gallery.
Deputy Mayor for Environment Michalis Tsoupakis said the aim was “to use technology to solve real, everyday problems”.
He described Chania cooking oil collection as the next step in sorting waste at source. It follows the council’s brown bin network, a pilot home composting program and separate collection of garden waste.
Deputy Mayor for Finance and Digital Governance Tasos Aloglou said the program builds on a digital upgrade that began in 2019. “The active participation of residents is decisive for the success of the effort,” he said.
Bin maps and e-waste collection
Handouts of Chania cooking oil containers begin at Town Hall on 19 October, from 9.30am to 2.30pm. Information kiosks will then operate in different parts of the municipality until 31 October.
Residents can also use the council’s iWaste page to find bin locations and types on an interactive map. The page lists collection days and times for each neighbourhood and accepts online requests.
Separately, council crews and the waste company DEDISA will collect electrical and electronic appliances door to door on 21 October. Collection runs from 6am to 1pm, but only for households that registered their interest.
Each year, the service gathers more than 250 tonnes of e-waste, according to the council. Officials noted that electrical and electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams in the European Union.
The Chania cooking oil push comes while Greece spends €6.4 million to clean up six island dump sites.
Source: Ta Nea
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