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A National Strategy and Action Plan to This will become more common every day. “This Will Contribute to Reducing Our
Be Developed ˆ˘˖ˢˡ˗˟ˬʟ there is the issue of sustainable Carbon Footprint.”
development and smooth development.
Within the scope of the project that will last The world is moving from smooth deve- The Head of the EU Delegation to Türki-
36 months in total, the potential in Türkiye lopment to the principles of sustainable ye, Ambassador Nikolaus Meyer-Landrut,
will be evaluated, a “National Strategy and development. Both of these are actually also emphasized that the transition to
Action Plan” will be developed for waste two important tasks we need to under- circular economy should be accelerated
and resource management in complian- take in order to fight against and prevent in the world, and renewable energy pro-
ce with the EU Circular Economy Package, climate ˖˛˔ˡ˚˘ʟ to think about the health duction should also become widespread.
the “integrated waste management sys- of future ˚˘ˡ˘˥˔˧˜ˢˡ˦ʟ to become the ear Meyer-Landrut stated the “With
tem” that aims to prevent waste genera- of not just humans but all living things to the implementation of the circular eco-
tion and support the separate collection hear what they are saying and to leave a nomy in the EU, employment will increase
will be evaluated, and promotional acti- healthier future for them. ” and fluctuations of products’ pricing will
vities will be conducted. The project, sup- be avoided.” Mentioning the importance
ported within the scope of IPA II (European “Possibility of the Imposition of A Deposit of the project, Meyer-Landrut stated the
Union Instrument for Pre-Accession Assis- Requirement on Boxes of Cigarettes and “Through the project, Türkiye’s
tance Sector Operational Programme for Drugs Used in Agricultural Lands.” green economy will grow and contribute
Environment and Climate Action), has a to the reduction of its carbon footprint.”
budget of 3 million 200 thousand Euros. Deputy Minister Prof. Dr. Mehmet Emin Bir-
stated that Türkiye would recycle all
“Raw Material Not Waste.” its packaged products in the near future,
just like they did in European countries,
Speaking at the opening, Prof. Dr. Meh- and might even impose a deposit requi-
met Emin stated that after child- rement on boxes of cigarettes and drugs
ren were poisoned during their play in the used in agricultural lands and added that
garden of a housing estate in the USA in almost all laws on environment were alig-
1972 by the hazardous waste buried in a ned with the EU.
garden of the factory near the estate, a
regulation was enacted on this issue, and “The Issue of Environment is Above Poli -
added that until then, hazardous waste tics.”
h a d n t o b e e n o h t n e a g e n d h t n i a e U S . A
Stating that one of the decisions taken at “The issue of environment is above politi-
the Climate Council was to shut down all ˖˦ʟ it shouldn’t be compared to other is-
“We Have Only One
regular landfills in Türkiye by 2050, sues. I think we should continue to work
Earth.”
emphasized that waste was actually raw together in order for Türkiye to align its
who stated that great ef-
materials and should be recycled. environmental infrastructure with Euro-
forts, were exerted on environmen-
pean Union standards and global stan-
tal awareness in the last 5 years in
dards.” stated and added that in
Türkiye added the “We
Ϣˇˢ˗˔ˬʟ the world is transitioning from a ˇ͎˥˞˜ˬ˘ʟ it was necessary to avoid waste
don’t have anywhere else to go. We
disposable economy to a circular eco- to the extent possible and to remember
have only one earth. Our resources
nomy. There is this idea of ‘buying as mi- that every product thrown away is a raw
are limited, as such we will have
nimum as ˣˢ˦˦˜˕˟˘ʟ recycling all of what material wasted.
done a good job if we use our re-
you have bought and using it as a raw
sources sustainably and pass them
material for something else’.
on to future generations.”

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