Tilos "is the island with the greatest rate of recycling globally, and this fills us with hope," Environment & Energy Minister Kostas Skrekas said on Tuesday, representing the prime minister at an event on the remote SE Aegean island.

New Democracy (ND) became the first political entity in Greece to implement a program of rewarding recycling, the party announced on Tuesday, implementing the action at the party's headquarters in June.

Public Issue for WWF Hellas administered a survey regarding recycling activities in Greece.