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Waste oils and recycling
T.C. We have many information about waste oils in the booklet, published by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization. We have made a short review here: 1.5 million tons of vegetable oil is used for food purposes every year in our country. As a result of the use of these oils, about 300 thousand tons of waste oil arises.
Impact Journalism Day is held on 21 June
If you want to listen to good stories about sustainability and social impact, you can join Impact Journalism Day, which will be held in Impact Hub Istanbul on 21 June.
Protecting the soil, gaining life
TEMA Foundation attracted attention to the sustainable soil management and the future of the soil in the Day and Earth Day of Struggle with 17 June World Deserting.
144 tons of plastic waste in Turkey is mixed in the sea, giving the Mediterranean alarm
"Turkey's Plastic Waste Time to Action: Environmental Friendly Production, Responsible Consumption, Effective Recycling Workshop" was taken into one of the highest seas in the Mediterranean world. According to the numbers shared in Workshop, 60 million tons of plastics are produced in the world and consist of 27 million tons of plastic waste. Plastic...
How to solve plastic pollution?
5 June World Environment Day’s theme of this year is plastic pollution. Plastic production in the world is growing very large rapidly. Moreover, an important part of these plastics is used for disposable products. When plastic is considered among the most difficult materials in nature, plastic pollution is an important agenda for environmental and sustainability. Of course the work econo...
Time to take action for the plastic waste of Turkey
“Time to Action for Turkey’s Plastic Waste: Environmental Friendly Production, Responsible Consumption, Effective Recycling Workshop” is held on 8 June Friday, at Boğaziçi University. Bogazici University, United Nations Sustainable Development Solutions Network Turkey (Sustainable Development Solutions Network – UN SDSN Turkey) and WWF-Turkey’s workshop...
Are you ready to eat with plastic bags?
This year 5 trillion plastic bags were used in the world. What does it mean? We use 160.000 bags per second. Less than 1% of these bags are recycled. 1 ton of plastic bags are matched to 11 barrel oil, saving by recycling. Reduction of the use of plastics and recycling, environmental and sustainability.
The new plastic economy gives 70% of the plastic
ÇEVKO Environmental Protection and Packaging Wastes Evaluation Foundation combines the leading names of the sector in its doors organized, cyclic economy. In the New Plastic Economy Workshop, the first one of the Meetup, ÇEVKO Foundation shared conflict about plastic economy. According to the work of Ellen McArthur Foundation mix "New Plastic Economy": Available plastic...
5 ways to deal with plastic pollution
8 million tons of plastic are mixed to the oceans every year. In 2050, it is predicted to be more plastic than fish in the oceans. Plastic never dissolves completely in nature, leaving only smaller parts. Most of the plastic parts in the oceans are small than 5mm and so the fish often mix them with phytoplankton. When fish eat plastics, the content of the food chain is also changing...
Low Carbon Heroes were certain
26 organizations supported to fight climate change by reducing carbon footprint were rewarded as Low Carbon Hero by Sustainable Production and Consumption Association.
Applications for Green Point Awards continue
Applicants for Green Spot Industry Awards, which stand out by ÇEVKO with its awareness to life and are open to the companies using Green Dot Brand in Turkey. This year the application process for awards held 4th time, will end on 11 May 2018. Applications are available online via Yesilnoktaodullar.org website.
Tree Brotherhood reached 14 thousand children in three years
The Tree Brotherhood Project, which started to practice with the support of Step-by-Step runners in 2015, touched about 14 thousand children across Turkey.