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NOVEMBER 2024

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Climate Change and Adaptation Youth Conference By Greenhouse Gas Effect Triggers Exemplary District in Zero
Coordination Board Convened Clımate Envoys Temperature Records Waste: Kızılcahamam

7 CONTINENTS

7 YEARS

in

The slogan for the As part of a project led by the 9 Thousand 185 Billion Lira in the preservation of 498 million
trees and the conservation of 819
banization and Climate Change, Tons of Waste
7th year of the Zero Ministry of Environment, Ur- Recovered to the million cubic meters of water.
Waste Movement, the recovery rate, which stood at Sorted Daily Economy Additionally, 127 million barrels
of oil have been conserved, and
13 percent in 2017, has risen to
initiated in 2017 34.92 percent in 2023, with an In the context of the Zero Waste A total of 59.9 million tons of 5.9 million tons of greenhouse gas
under the auspices objective to achieve 60 percent Movement, the General Direc- recyclable materials have been emissions have been avoided.
by 2035.
of President Recep torate of Iller Bank, part of the reintegrated into the economy, Conversely, a total of 2.6 billion
Ministry of Environment, Ur-
which comprises 29.3 million
kilowatt-hours of energy has been
Tayyip Erdoğan's Initiated under the auspices of banization, and Climate Change, tons of paper and cardboard, 7.8 saved, 104 million cubic meters
Mrs. Emine Erdoğan on Sep-
has facilitated the creation of
million tons of plastics, 2.9 mil-
wife Emine Erdoğan tember 27, 2017, the Zero Waste 46 storage, sorting, and transfer lion tons of glass, 3.7 million tons of landfill space has been pre-
served, and 185 billion liras have
and coordinated by Movement focuses on reducing facilities across various locations of metals, and 16.2 million tons been reinvested into the economy
in Türkiye over the past seven
waste generation, implement-
of organic and other recyclable
through recycling.
the Ministry of En- ing source-separated waste years. materials. The project has resulted
collection, enhancing recycling
vironment, Urban- efforts, and improving resource At these solid waste facilities,
ization and Climate efficiency. 9,000 tons of waste are sorted
and converted into products
Change, has been Since the project's launch, which or energy each day. Around
22 million individuals have
determined as “7 promotes sustainable habits in received training on zero waste
production and consumption,
Continents in 7 the number of buildings that concepts. The recovery rate has
risen from 13 percent in 2017 to
Years”. have adopted the Zero Waste 34.92 percent in 2023. The goal
Management System has grown
is to achieve a recovery rate of 60
to 193,000. percent by 2035.

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