Turkish Province Despairs at Being Europe's Plastic Dump
Campaigners say 510,000 tonnes of EU plastic waste entered Turkey in 2025, polluting farmland and the Mediterranean as officials deny illegal imports.
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Turkish province despairs at being Europe's plastic dump
"It's been like this for a decade. Around here, we call it the 'canal of filth'. My animals no longer produce milk," sighed the 65-year-old shepherd. As the leading destination for plastic waste from the European Union, with 510,000 tonnes imported in 2025, alongside another 140,000 tonnes from Britain, Turkey has become "Europe's dumping ground," environmental campaigners say as the UN COP31 climate conference starts in Antalya. Valued at 94 mi…
BOLD-While discussing methods to combat climate change at the COP31 Climate Summit in Antalya, French news agency Agence France-Presse (AFP) raised the plastic waste crisis facing Turkey. Environmental alert from Adana as COP31 continues The news reports that hundreds of thousands of tons of plastic waste from the European Union and the UK are sent to Adana, while a significant part of the waste processed under the name of recycling [...] Climat…
AFP reported that Turkey, which hosted this year's COP31 summit of UN climate talks, has become Europe's plastic dumping ground. The report highlighted the deepening environmental disaster in Adana. At the summit, where the future of oil, gas, and coal – the main causes of climate change – is being discussed, countries are facing pressure to take more steps to combat climate change. Turkey is hosting the summit […] The article "AFP: Adana has be…
It is stated that a significant portion of plastic waste sent to Türkiye from European countries is collected in Adana, while some is dumped into nature or burned. Environmentalists point out that pollution from recycling facilities threatens agricultural areas and the Mediterranean Sea, and demand an end to waste imports.
Mountains of plastic chips cover the banks of a canal in Adana, in the south of Turkey. The inhabitants denounce a trade that pollutes their... Read more In Turkey, European plastic waste accumulates in orchards and the Mediterranean appeared first on Le Singulier.
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