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Plastics have formed a key component of our 21st century economy and now constitute a major environmental problem. Plastic waste causes difficulties to resource and waste management as there are problems with lifespan, repairability, reusability and recyclability which need to be addressed, particularly with packaging, due to the diversity in plastic packaging materials and the number of plastic packages entering the waste stream on a daily basis. This puts a strain on collection systems and in countries without effective waste collection and treatment this plastic packaging all too easily becomes land and marine litter. In effect, plastic packaging in such a situation, even if technically recyclable, is not effectively recyclable because it does not reach a recycling plant. Other products such as synthetic textiles which lose microfibers in the wash, microbeads, oxo-degradable plastics, should be phased out as they have viable alternatives which do not create environmental damage.
China to enforce new standards for foreign waste imports from March
China will enforce new standards governing imports of 11 types of foreign solid waste from 1 March 2018, the Ministry of Environmental Protection said on 11 January 2018.
As ÇEVKO Foundation, we will continue with our Trainer Training program, which has been going on since 2009, with the support of the Ministry of National Education in 2018. With the co-operation protocol signed between the Directorate General For Basic Education and ÇEVKO Foundation, the project will go on for 3 years and the activities will be carried out in 36 provinces.
Primarily, seminars will be held in the provinces to which one responsible teacher from every primary school will be sent; afterwards at their schools, these teachers will establish awareness of recycling, and carry out studies regarding the separate collection of packaging waste. Interior collection boxes will be placed in schools according to the number of classrooms.
Our aim is to create awareness of recycling in primary school students by providing them with educational books, informative films, and environmental education presentations prepared specially for them by our foundation.
For the first year we have targeted an estimated 82.000 students, whose knowledge on recycling will be consolidated through our musical play for children called "Recycling Will Do Us Good."
The 14th International Recycling, Environmental Technologies and Waste Management Fair REW İstanbul was organized by IFO Fairs with the support of the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation of the Turkish Republic at Tüyap Beylikdüzü between 15-17 February. The fair hosted 9,748 professionals from Turkey and abroad for three days. A lot of innovations like the production of energy from garbage, recycling facilities and recycled products, vehicles to collect and carry waste, on-board equipment and containers, tools and instruments for urban cleanliness, new generation “wastematics” and garbage collection containers, waste water treatment and treatment equipment were exhibited at the fair.
A project called “Zero Waste” was started last September by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation in order to reduce resource wastage and to use resources more efficiently. Within this project seminars were planned to be given in 10 cities, and the first of these “Zero Waste, Added Value to The Future” seminars was organized in Antalya on 23rd February.
Ataşehir Municipality hosted the “Recycling for The Future” training seminar carried out by ÇEVKO.
Primary, secondary, and high school teachers, district reeves, and municipal constabulary officers also attended the seminar.
The application process for the Green Dot Industrial Awards has started. The Green Dot Awards are organized by ÇEVKO and are open to firms that stand out with their contributions to sustainable life and use the Green Dot brand in Turkey. The applications for the 4th Green Dot Awards are done online at www.yesilnoktaodulleri.org and the deadline is 11th May 2018.
Elif, a member of ÇEVKO Foundation, produced the 100% polyethylene (PE) stand-up pouch as a result of long R&D studies. Unlike traditional packaging, the Elif2Pouch is recyclable, and a solution to packaging waste for the producers of fast consumer goods targeting the 2030 recycling goal of the European Commission.
The Procter & Gamble Company (NYSE:PG) today announced it has achieved many of its 2020 environmental sustainability goals, has plans in place to meet the rest and has established new, broad-reaching goals for 2030. The new goals, titled “Ambition 2030,” aim to enable and inspire positive impact on the environment and society while creating value for the Company and consumers.
