At the annual meeting of the organisation Greening The Islands, held on 19 October 2019 in Palermo, Sicily, the Municipality of Naxos was awarded in the "Waste" category for the "Green Kiosk" initiative, developed under the PAVEtheWAySTE program, concerning the installation and operation of four recycling units in Small Cyclades. The system has been adapted to meet the local area’s needs and to produce high quality recyclable materials. The GTI global index constitutes a new way of evaluating the progress islands around the world are making over the environmental actions carried out by them.