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Zero Waste Blue:

First Action Plan

Completed

The Zero Waste Blue Movement, launched to Marine Debris on
combat marine litter, was initiated on June 10, the Sea Surface and
2019, under the patronage of Emine Erdoğan, Seabed Removed
wife of President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, by the While regional measures were

Ministry of Environment, Urbanization, and implemented to prevent marine
Climate Change. Within this framework, marine debris at its source through Pro-
vincial Action Plans, parallel efforts
litter is collected in 28 coastal provinces in focused on cleaning debris from
accordance with the Circular on the Preparation coastlines, the sea surface, and the
seabed. Education and awareness
and Implementation of Provincial Marine Litter initiatives were also expanded at
Action Plans. the national level to enhance public
participation in marine protection.

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20,500 Truckloads of
Waste Removed from What is

the Seas in Five Years ?
Marine
As a result of the Zero Waste
Blue Movement and the First Debris
5-Year Provincial Action Plans,
245,000 tons of waste were Marine debris refers to
removed from the seas—equiv- materials that persist
alent to 20,500 truckloads. All in the environment for
collected waste was managed extended periods, such
in an environmentally sound as plastic bags, bottles,
manner through proper disposal fishing nets, single-use
methods. In 2024 alone, 25,480 plastics, and cigarette
tons of marine waste were butts. These materials
collected. As of 2025, the Second pose significant threats
5-Year Provincial Action Plans to marine ecosystems,
for Marine Waste have come affecting biodiversity, wa-
into effect, further strengthen- ter quality, and the health
ing efforts to combat marine of coastal habitats.
pollution.

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