Selçuklu Municipality has received an award with its “Waste Box” project at the 3rd Zero Waste Summit and Award Ceremony, organized with the theme of “Climate and Youth” within the scope of the Zero Waste Project carried out by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change.
The ‘Zero Waste Summit and Award Ceremony’, organized for the third time this year by the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, was held at Istanbul Haliç Congress Center with the participation of Emine Erdoğan. This year’s summit, whose theme is “Climate and Youth”, brought together nature lovers and institutions that set their heart on zero waste mobilization. The program, which was full of panels, interviews, musical exhibitions, as well as the “Zero Waste 5th Year Film”, ended with the award ceremony.
Selcuklu Municipality, which was appreciated for its exemplary zero-waste works and holding the title of the first municipality with a zero-waste certificate in this field, also managed to receive an award at this meaningful summit. Selçuklu Mayor Ahmet Pekyatırmacı received the meaningful award given to Selçuklu’s “Waste Box” Project, which was implemented recently and received great acclaim, from the President Recep Tayyip Erdogan’s wife, Emine Erdogan.
Selçuklu Municipality Mayor Ahmet Pekyatırmacı stated that “As Selçuklu Municipality, we will continue to be a pioneer in zero waste studies. As Selçuklu Municipality, we are always pioneers in zero waste studies and we are the first municipality among local governments to receive a related document. We were at Haliç Congress Center at the third Zero Waste Summit in the fifth year of zero waste studies in Turkey. Here, we, as Selçuklu Municipality, attended this summit together with our Minister of Environment and Urbanization, Murat Kurum and first lady Emine Erdogan. However, we carry out many studies at the same time. We have started recycling cage practices at the blocks of flats in our district. We have continued educational activities in all our schools, and we have also started recycling-related box activities in our schools.
