An elderly woman taking a recycling bag after workers collected trash from her house on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos. Photos: Thanassis Stavrakis/AP
When deciding where to test green tech, Greek policymakers picked the remotest point on the map: tiny Tilos.
Providing electricity and basic services, and even access by ferry, are all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. Its most recent problem has been dealing with plastic.
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