Articles|Environment

Phytoplankton on bathing beaches. A normal phenomenon that poses no risk. In recent days, increased quantities of phytoplankton have appeared on the shores of the Maliac Gulf, but also in other areas of Greece (Pagasitikos and Thermaikos Gulf). Phytoplankton is not a pollutant, since it comes from the natural marine environment and appears at times […]

The extraction of olive oil by modern mechanical means, as it is known, is done by mechanical presses and centrifugation. The result of this process is two streams: the stream of the olive oil produced, which is sent for further processing and packaging, and the waste stream, the Waste Stream (Mill Waste). Untreated mill waste

Photodegradable and Biodegradable plastics: What is their importance in our lives and the environment? Photodegradation and biodegradation, two terms so common but so different. Surely the term most familiar to us is biodegradation and biodegradable products or products that biodegrade. But how much truth is there in the use of this term in relation to

Coffee capsules: extremely handy and extremely polluting In many ways, coffee capsules represent some of the greatest evils of consumer society: wasted raw materials, such as aluminium and plastic, that can neither be recycled nor reused. But the good quality of the final product, together with its ease of use and speed, have contributed to