Actively working to promote a sustainable recovery system led by the industry for 23 years with the goals of protecting the environment, and contributing to the social welfare and national economy, the ÇEVKO Foundation provided significant environmental and economic benefits to our nation in 2014.
Collaborating with local governments, the ÇEVKO Foundation reached out to more homes and consumers in 2014, and was able to increase the amount of packaging waste collected by providing cases, containers, boxes for indoor use, and sorting bags to promote sorting at source. Recycling the collected waste resulted in energy savings, and reduced resource utilization, which in turn contributed a total of TRY 1,490,000,000 to the national economy.
ÇEVKO Foundation to continue its efforts for a greener world!
Mr. Mete Imer, secretary general of the ÇEVKO Foundation, points out that any packaging waste made of glass, metal, plastic, paper-cardboard, composite, and wood can potentially be recovered multiple times both technically as well as economically, and summarized the environmental and economic contributions of the Foundation’s recovery efforts in 2014 as follows:
“Our recovery efforts in 2014 not only helped to save fossil fuel, water, and energy, but we were also able to contribute TRY 1,490,000,000 to the national economy by combining the economic value of recycled items with a reduction in storage space costs. We may be able to increase this number many times by fostering a culture of sorting at source and recycling in the society… If only people could see and appreciate these benefits. For example; recycled plastic packaging waste may be used to manufacture textile fibers, drainpipes, furniture by-products, vinyl floor covering, etc; the use of recycled materials in the manufacturing process of such products saves fuel and electricity compared to the use of unprocessed raw materials. Complete recovery of all packaging waste not only helps to prevent environmental pollution, but also contributes to a reduction in greenhouse gases. Being aware of these benefits, the ÇEVKO Foundation is committed to creating a greener world by protecting the environment and contributing to the national economy, and will continue its efforts also in 2015.”
Environmental gains as a result of Çevko’s recovery efforts in 2014:
4 million trees were saved. This corresponds to 400,000 acres of forest area or in other words, 50% of Turkey’s surface area…
- 117,000,000 liters of gas was saved. This is enough to fill up approximately 2,6 million cars…
- 6,316,143 m3 of water was saved. This is enough to supply fresh water to the Aydın province for 40 days…
- 3,327,032 m3 of storage space was saved. This is equal to the size of 462 football pitches…
- CO2-equivalent greenhouse gas emissions were reduced by 682,042 tons. This offsets the gas emissions of
- 34,100 aircrafts that circle the globe…
2,451,114 MWh of power was saved. This is equal to 10% of the domestic power consumption in Turkey in a year…
The following chart provides an overall view of the environmental and economic savings achieved through the operations of the ÇEVKO Foundation in 2014:
