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Battery-powered Greek island bets on green future

A bag is placed at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) An elderly resident tends to a patch of herbs outside his store on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A Greek Orthodox priest walks in front of Agios Nikolaos church on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Hotel owner Akis Sartzetakis and his friend are reflected in a mirror as three men jog past next to the beach on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Tuesday, May 10, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) The sun sets behind electricity posts on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Deputy Mayor Spyros Aliferis charges the electricity municipal bus on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Deputy Mayor Spyros Aliferis checks a battery installation on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Deputy Mayor Spyros Aliferis checks a battery installation on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A wind turbine operates on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Recycle plant workers crew members separate waste on a sorting bench on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Waste collection crew members load trash for recycling into a truck on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Waste collection crew member uses a portable scale to weight trash for recycling on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) An elderly woman takes a recycling bag after workers collected trash from her house on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A worker collects waste to be recycled from a house owner on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Workers collect domestic waste to be recycled on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) The shadows of visitors are seen on the old landfill on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) The sun sets behind a wind turbine on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A ferry departs from Livadia port on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A worker separates waste at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A worker separates waste at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) A worker takes out from a compressor cartons at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Founder and CEO of Polygreen recycling company Athanasios Polychronopoulos points toward a display showing data at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis) Tilos Mayor Maria Kamma-Aliferi poses for a photograph in front of the island's map as the phrase reads in Greek "The future starts from zero" at a recycling plant built on old landfill site on the Aegean Sea island of Tilos, southeastern Greece, Monday, May 9, 2022. 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 is all a challenge for this island of just 500 year-round inhabitants. It's latest mission: Dealing with plastic. (AP Photo/Thanassis Stavrakis)