Another Extension for Athens’ Overburdened Fyli Landfill
At the center of the debate is the Fyli Landfill, the only sanitary landfill serving the wider Athens basin. Far from being just a disposal site, Fyli has become emblematic of a system that repeatedly shelves long-term solutions, opting instead for stop-gap solutions with temporary extensions that stretch space, budgets and local tolerance to their limits.
A landfill that cannot wait
On Dec. 22, 2025, EDSNA, the intermunicipal authority responsible for waste management in Attica, approved a new project costing nearly €11.2 million. The plan involves another major vertical expansion of the landfill, creating space for 3.9 million cubic meters of waste.
