At COP31, Turkey Pushes Zero-Waste Plan to Curb Climate Change
Turkey said recycling has risen to about 40% since the zero-waste campaign began, as officials pressed delegates to back methane cuts and reuse of materials.
- At the COP31 climate summit, Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan promoted his nation's zero-waste initiative, touting recycling rates that rose from about 13% in 2017 to about 40% by the end of 2025.
- Turkey faces scrutiny as the world's fifth-biggest methane emitter from solid waste, yet has not signed the Global Methane Pledge, which targets at least 30% emissions reductions by 2030.
- Waste and food loss account for almost 10% of total emissions, according to Adalberto Maluf, a top official in Brazil's environment ministry, who noted that recycling food waste remains logistically difficult.
- Berk Butan, who heads the waste campaign for Greenpeace Turkey, stated the initiative "definitely needs to be supported with concrete measures and further action," signaling skepticism about current pledges.
- Scaling up recycling could reduce the need for new mining by between 25% and 40% by 2050, according to The International Energy Agency, positioning waste reduction as critical to renewable technology expansion.
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At COP31, Turkey pushes zero-waste plan to curb climate change
At the meeting of world leaders for the United Nations climate talks in the Turkish tourist city of Antalya, Turkey, as host country, he urged nations on Wednesday to commit to a zero-waste initiative aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions and helping global efforts to curb climate change get back on track.
During the COP31 Leaders Summit, hosted by President Erdoğan, Mrs. Emine Erdoğan also met with the spouses of leaders and other prominent figures.
President Recep Tayyip Erdoğan's wife, Emine Erdoğan, is expected to participate in various programs in Antalya within the scope of COP31 and meet with the wives of more than 30 heads of state and government. Erdoğan will lead the introduction of the Global Zero Waste Alliance to the international public within the framework of COP31 and will also guide the transformation of international collaborations in the field of zero waste into concrete p…
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