Aşkın Kellecioğlu, Environmental Engineer Coordinator, attended the seminar held in ALTSO Conference Hall as a speaker.
ERDEM: “ZERO WASTE IS VERY IMPORTANT”
“Approximately 1.5 trillion dollars worth of food is thrown away every year worldwide. It was announced that 18 billion dollars of food is wasted annually in Türkiye. Zero waste is very important in terms of sustainable tourism. The benefits of the Zero Waste Project are as follows, increasing productivity, increasing performance due to clean environment, reducing costs as wastage is prevented, reducing environmental risks, ensuring that employees have the feeling of “sensitive consumer” as it contributes to the development of environmental protection awareness within the organisation, ensuring that the organisation has the title of “Environmentalist” in national and international markets, thus increasing its reputation.”
WHICH SECTORS IS ZERO WASTE INTERESTED IN?
Speaker Kellecioğlu stated that Hotels, Aparthotels, Hospitals, Shopping Malls and all businesses that exceed 400 square meters and have 50 or more employees are closely related to ‘zero waste’. It was announced that the Zero Waste Regulation was published by the Ministry of Urbanisation, Environment and Climate on 12 July 2019. Kellecioğlu pointed out that the buildings/campuses that do not register and apply to the zero waste information system through the integrated environmental information system, which is an application of the Ministry of Urbanization, Environment and Climate, should complete the process of obtaining documents immediately. Kellecioğlu emphasised that if the opposite situation is found, administrative sanctions will be applied in accordance with the Environment Law No. 2872 (amended by Law No. 5491).
