Other than completing the recycling station, the Malia municipality participated in other actions involving litter management, like composting. Recently, 100 bins for domestic composting were distributed by the Institute for Solid Waste Management and as it turned out they were not enough to cover the increased demand. In these bins, users can put remnants of raw or boiled vegetables but no sauces. Also, the remnants of fruits, flour, rice, cereals, bread, coffee grounds, coffee-pot filters, manure of vegetarian animals, flowers, leaves, branches, hay, sawdust, chippings, paper, eggshells, ash from firewood, organic fertilizers, dry fruits, olive pits. “With composting we reduce up to 70 per cent the organic refuse that we throw away, which translates to 150 kilos less refuse each year from each individual”, reports the chairman of the waste management enterprise,  Mr. Yannis Mountrakis. For more information with regard to composting and the supply of bins call: 28970-22370 and 28970-21921 or e-mail: xytahermal@yahoo.gr.