Climate Friendly and Circular Plastic Value Chain in Ankara

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The “Roadmap for a Climate-Friendly and Circular Plastic Value Chain in Ankara” Project, funded by the UNDP GEF Small Grants Program (SGP), is being implemented by the Climate Research Association in partnership with Çankırı Karatekin University. Ankara Metropolitan Municipality is the beneficiary of the project.

The general objective of the project is to analyze the plastic value chain at the city level with an approach to reducing plastic pollution at its source and to prepare cities for national/international regulations focused on plastic. In this context, Ankara, the capital of our country, was selected as the pilot region for the project activities. In this context, a roadmap will be developed for Ankara province with the vision of achieving a “Climate-Friendly and Circular Plastic Value Chain”.

The project activities to be carried out within this framework will contribute to increasing the institutional capacities of relevant stakeholders at the provincial/district level, primarily Ankara Metropolitan Municipality, to adopt circular economy approaches and to reduce the impacts caused by plastic pollution.

As a result of the activities that will last for 16 months, the expected gains from the project are summarized below:

  • Determining the current situation in prominent districts by taking into account the differences in social/economic levels and developing suggestions to eliminate regional management differences.
  • Developing solution proposals to take precautions against climate change effects in the city by managing plastics with a circular economy approach and determining intervention areas that take into account plastic product life cycles and the entire value chain (raw material, production, logistics, consumption, separation, recycling, disposal, etc.).
  • Developing strategies/measures to reduce plastic pollution and increasing institutional capacities to contribute to reducing possible impacts on the ecosystem.
  • Setting a local example to increase national knowledge and awareness for the adoption of circular economy approaches addressing plastic reduction and developing cooperation/dialogue mechanisms involving local government, private sector, civil society and local people.

  • Date/Location:

    September 2022 – January 2024
    Ankara

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