WtERT News September 2021
WtERT-News
To all Friends of WtERT – Supporters of Sustainability!
The year of 2021 is an environmentally active year for Turkey
Dear Professor Themelis,
The year of 2021 is an environmentally active year for Turkey. Within the scope of the Zero Waste project, which was initiated by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization in 2017, institutions have been integrated in the determined application method. With this, it is planned to establish integrated solid waste disposal facilities throughout the country by the end of 2023 and to dispose of 100% of the municipal wastes there.
In parallel with this project, the construction of Turkey’s largest waste-to-energy power plant continues in Istanbul. This power plant, which will have an installation capacity of 77 MW, will annually dispose of 1 million tons of waste, which corresponds to 15% of Istanbul’s solid waste.
In addition, Zeytinburnu Municipality, a district municipality of Istanbul, has started a program to ensure waste recycling. This program allows citizens who bring their recyclable waste to a mobile waste recovery vehicle gains points and use these points for shopping.
Finally, last July, Turkey has decided to stop importing plastic waste from the European Union, and took a step towards improving its environmental quality. All of these steps move the country towards reaching Zero Waste project goals.
So far, in 2021, negativity in terms of environment was the mucilage occurrence the Marmara Sea in the country. Ever since its observance on the sea, the mucilage has been collected from the surface by using various maritime techniques in about a month, while various reports have been published from universities on the disposal of mucilage, emphasizing the need to be more sensitive in the processes which are carried out in waste treatment plants.
In conclusion, it can be said that it is pleasing to mention about positive steps have been taken in terms of environmental sensitivity and development in Turkey in recent months.
Best regards,
Samet OZTURK
Head of WtERT Turkey
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WtERT-News
WtERT-Turkey
We are very pleased to announce the launch of the responsive design website of WtERT-Turkey. Take a look at wterttr.net.
WtERT Kazakhstan
We are delighted to officially welcome WtERT Kazakhstan in our network! De Montfort University Kazakhstan (DMUK) a private university having its head office at Almaty City and the Global WtERT Council signed a MoU accordingly in July 2021.
We are happy to introduce David M. Valera Reynoso as Head of WtERT Kazakhstan. David Reynoso is also president and CEO of the consulting companies GCP and 4KZ.
Take a look at the country page of Kazakhstan.
WtERT-Contribution
Sustainably Speaking Episode 7: Advanced Recycling, Combining Science and SustainabilityOn this episode of Sustainably Speaking, Joshua Baca is joined by Dr. Rachel Meidl of Rice University’s Baker Institute and Dr. Marco Castaldi of WtERT US and City College of New York to dive into the science behind advanced recycling, how it differs from traditional recycling, what it means for the lifecycle of plastic materials and the role it plays in circularity. |
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News and Papers
Effectiveness of Waste Management in KazakhstanIn Kazakhstan the government is taking various actions on the way of solving the problem of waste management. Thus, development of the efficient waste management system is one of the fundamental principles of the Concept for Transition of the Republic of Kazakhstan to “Green Economy”.Microplastic Pollution Caused by LaundryScientists from the University of California, Santa Barbara (UCSB) investigated on the amount of microplastic emissions shed by domestic laundry throughout the last decades. The microfibres shed by synthetic clothing is not negligible. |
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