Moving Up the EU Waste Hierarchy in Remote Area Exploring the Case of Lesvos Island, Greece Faikham Harnnarong Supervisors Iosif Botetzagias Department of Environment, University of the Aegean Associate Professor Naoko Tojo IIIEE, Lund University Thesis for the fulfilment of the Master of Science in Environmental Sciences, Policy & Management Lund, Sweden & Mytilene, Greece June 2009 MESPOM Programme: Lund University – University of Manchester – University of the Aegean – Central European University Erasmus Mundus Masters Course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management MESPOM This thesis is submitted in fulfillment of the Master of Science degree awarded as a result of successful completion of the Erasmus Mundus Masters course in Environmental Sciences, Policy and Management (MESPOM) jointly operated by the University of the Aegean (Greece), Central European University (Hungary), Lund University (Sweden) and the University of Manchester (United Kingdom). Supported by the European Commission’s Erasmus Mundus Programme © You may use the contents of the IIIEE publications for informational purposes only. You may not copy, lend, hire, transmit or redistribute these materials for commercial purposes or for compensation of any kind without written permission from IIIEE. When using IIIEE material you must include the following copyright notice: ‘Copyright © Faikham Harnnarong, IIIEE, Lund University. All rights reserved’ in any copy that you make in a clearly visible position. You may not modify the materials without the permission of the author. Published in 2009 by IIIEE, Lund University, P.O. Box 196, S-221 00 LUND, Sweden, Tel: +46 – 46 222 02 00, Fax: +46 – 46 222 02 10, e-mail:
[email protected]. ISSN 1401-9191 Moving Up the EU Waste Hierarchy - exploring the case of Lesvos Island, Greece Acknowledgements As I have learned via the process of this thesis, the most important ingredients for success of a project, may it be implementation of waste management policy or any other kinds of life projects, is the people and their wills.