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The Zero Waste Project, initiated in 2017 under
the auspices of Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, the wife
of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, is being
effectively executed in Kızılcahamam, Ankara,
which has been designated as a pilot area, under
the coordination of the Ministry of Environment,
Urbanization, and Climate Change.

Zero Waste The Minister of Environment, We Use Points
Urbanization and Climate
Garden Estab- Change, Murat Kurum, shared for Our Neigh-

lished in the photos from Kızılcahamam on borhood's
his social media, highlighting
District the expansion of pilot districts Needs
to 7 regions. Minister Kurum

A Zero Waste Garden has been remarked, “All of our citizens, Residents have shown significant
established in the district, fea- young and old, in the pilot interest in the project, acting
turing 5 distinct sections. This district Kızılcahamam support- with a zero waste mindset by
includes a ‘waste compartment’ ed our Zero Waste Movement, depositing collected waste into
for storing waste and conducting initiated under the guidance machines, thereby aiding their
Minister of Environment, Ur- area for the zero waste initiative deposit transactions, along with of Mrs. Emine Erdoğan. We local budgets. Halil İzzet Ceylan,
banization and Climate Change back in 2019. A collection sys- a ‘recycling workshop’ where will enhance initiatives like the headman of Üçbaş Neigh-
Murat Kurum shared images tem was established for recy- students and teachers create Kızılcahamam by increasing the borhood, where the project
from Kızılcahamam, stating, clable waste across the district, products from recycled materi- number of pilot districts to 7 has been successful, explained,
“Our Zero Waste Movement and a waste drop-off center was als. Additionally, the garden has regions.” “When the vehicle arrives, it
has received support from all set up. Residents can deposit a ‘Zero Waste Playground’ for measures the waste. The deposit
citizens, young and old, in their waste at the Zero Waste children, an ‘unpackaged waste Okan Bahrioğlu, head of the fees for the weighed waste are
Kızılcahamam, which served Garden, on the Zero Waste Bus, shop’ offering books and toys Zero Waste Applications De- credited to Zero Waste Cards.
as our pilot district. We will and at various return points. through a barter system, and a partment, stated, “By expanding Our neighborhood was also giv-
now expand the number of Each household is issued a Zero ‘Zero Waste Cafeteria’. our pilot districts, we intend to en a Zero Waste Card. Points are
pilot districts to 7 regions and Waste Collection Card. Points foster Zero Waste awareness and accumulated on this card, which
we use for our neighborhood's
further promote initiatives like are added to these cards based Pilot Districts consciousness among all our requirements. Previously, bags
Kızılcahamam.” on the weight of the discarded citizens.” were all around in our neighbor-
waste, and residents can use Will Spread to hoods, but now, with recycling,
The district of Kızılcahamam these points as currency at local 7 Regions our environment has become
in Ankara was chosen as a pilot markets in the district. cleaner.”

“ZERO WASTE PROJECT”

CONTRIBUTED 185 BILLION

LIRA TO THE ECONOMY

According to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the Zero
Waste Project has successfully introduced 59.9 million tons of recyclable waste into the
economy so far, resulting in an income of 185 billion lira from recycling activities.

The Ministry has announced that, as into the economy and generating gas emissions. The Zero Waste Man-
part of the "Zero Waste" initiative, 185 billion lira in income through agement System has been imple-
the waste recycling rate rose from recycling efforts. mented in 188 thousand buildings,
13 percent in 2017 to 35 percent in and Zero Waste training has been
2023. The goal is to boost the recy- 5.9 Million Tons provided to 21 million individuals
cling rate to 60 percent by 2035. nationwide. Through the initiatives
of Greenhouse carried out in Türkiye, 498 million
Since its inception, the Zero Waste Gas Emissions trees have been preserved from
Project has evolved into a global deforestation, and 5.9 million tons
environmental movement and an Prevented of greenhouse gas emissions have
internationally recognized brand, been avoided.
leading to the reintroduction of The initiative has also helped pre-
59.9 million tons of recyclable waste vent 5.9 million tons of greenhouse

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