Circular Economy at COP29: A Key Driver for Sustainable Development
At COP29, the circular economy was highlighted as a key tool for combating climate change and supporting sustainable development. The first joint report by Multilateral D...
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“Zero Waste Management System Practices Workshop” was held in Antalya within the scope of the Technical Assistance for Assessing the Potential for Transition to Circular Economy (DEEP) Project
“Zero Waste Management System Practices Workshop” organized within the scope of ‘Technical Assistance for the Assessment of Turkey's Potential for Transition to Circular ...
Konca Çalkıvik explained sustainable business models at the Circular Economy and Integrated Waste Management Training organized in Ankara within the scope of DEEP Project
Training on Integrated Waste Management in Circular Economy was organized in Ankara within the scope of the Technical Assistance Project for Assessing Turkey's Potential ...
Can AI boost data-driven policymaking in the circular economy?
There may not be a silver bullet solution to climate change, but AI-based research can help us find solutions to the most complex crisis of our time, Marijana Novak and M...
52 million tonnes of plastic polluted in 2020, new study shows
A new study by the University of Leeds has calculated that 52 million tonnes of plastic products entered the environment in 2020.
4 Innovations Helping the Fashion Industry Embrace Circular Economy
According to a report by Global Data for the second-hand clothing resale site ThredUp, global second-hand clothing sales reached $211 billion in 2023, marking a 19% incre...
Good Practice Example - Hand Made Stone (HMS): The Best Eco-Friendly Denim Washing Solution
HMS (Hand Made Stone) is an exciting abrasive composite, recyclable and sustainable stone developed as an alternative to pumice stone and other materials used to abrade...
“Guide for the Management of Demolition Waste Resulting from Urban Transformation, Earthquake and Possible Disasters” launched!
The launch event for the "Guide on Management of Debris Waste Resulting from Urban Transformation, Earthquakes, and Possible Disasters," organized by SKD Turkey, took pla...
Transition to Circular Economy Accelerates with New ISO Standards
The International Organization for Standardization (ISO) has released new international standards to facilitate the transition to a circular economy after five years of w...
The EU announced two new programs to accelerate global transition!
During the World Circular Economy Forum held in 2024, two initiatives aimed at advancing the circular economy globally were announced.
A Roundtable Meeting Titled "The Role of Financial Institutions in the Transition to a Circular Economy" was Held!
As Turkey Circular Economy Platform, we held the Round Table Meeting titled "The Role of Financial Institutions in the Transition to Circular Economy" with Turkey's leadi...
Circle Economy has published The Circularity Gap Report 2024!
The Circularity Gap Report has been providing important analysis and theory on the global state of circularity since 2019.
"Circular Transition Indicators (CTI): Sector Guidance – Fashion and Textile" Report Released!
Created for businesses by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) provide a reliable measurement framework fo...
Circularity in the Built Environment: Maximizing CO2 Abatement and Business Opportunities
The World Economic Forum and McKinsey & Company collaborated to write the white paper Circularity in the Built Environment: Maximizing CO2 Abatement and Business Opportun...
A Documentary on Reducing Food Waste has been Released for World Food Day!
This year, on World Food Day, the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) produced a documentary on "food waste" in an effort to increase awareness. With ...
Circular Economy Regional Initiative (CERI) Program Event Held!
An event was held on October 26, bringing together approximately 60 participants, including top-level executives from the business world, to introduce the Circular Econom...
Applications for the Circular Business Design Certified Training Program Have Started!
The "Circular Business Design Certificate Program", which guides companies step by step in developing circular economy strategies, is an online, applied training program ...
CTI v4.0 Version Released
Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) for businesses, created by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD), provide a reliable measurement framework f...
Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Platform (DEKVEP) Project is Completed
At the end of the 18-month term, the Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Platform Project (DEKVEP), which was carried out in collaboration with BCSD Türkiye and the ...
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy for the Circular Economy: “Making sustainable finance taxonomies work for the circular economy - Lessons from the EU Taxonomy” is published by Chatham House
Sustainable Finance Taxonomy for the Circular Economy
We're starting to provide computer assistance for the disaster area!
We collect your electronic devices, preferably those that are usable or those whose performance has slowed down and need repair to give them a second life.
The World Bank Published Its First Report on the Circular Economy in the European Union: Squaring The Circle Policies From Europe's Circular Economy Transition
According to the assessments, circular economy solutions can decrease world emissions by 39%, mostly in the building, transportation, and food industries.
“Circularity Gap Analysis Report 2023” has been published
The Circularity Gap Report 2023, which was produced by Circle Economy, assesses the advancement of the circular economy on a global scale.
2nd Industrial Symbiosis Workshop Is Organized
2nd Industrial Symbiosis Workshop was held online on October 31, 2022.
The Circular Transition Indicators(CTI) Support Program Started!
Within the scope of the support program, 10 selected TCEP member companies will evaluate their circularity performance by implementing the CTI methodology step by step. T...
22nd Transaction of TMM - Limak Cement and Polisan Kimya
Turkey Circular Economy Platform, which offers material exchange opportunities to its member companies through Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM), continues to support co...
Preliminary Research Report on Circularity Potential of Five Sectors in Turkey
“Preliminary Research Report on Circularity Potential of Five Sectors in Turkey” was prepared in cooperation with SKD Turkey, KPMG Turkey and KPMG France with the funding...
The Circular Transition Indicators (CTI) v3.0 Launch Event
Join the online launch event for CTI v3.0, on 11 May 2022 (10.00 AM or 4.00 PM CEST). Participate by completing your registration: Registration – CTI v3.0 Online Launch E...
We Organized the 2nd Turkey Circular Economy Week!
Turkey Circular Economy Week, which brought together nearly 100 speakers from the business world, public institutions, non-governmental organizations, academics and activ...
New Term Launch Program for Turkey Circular Economy Platform
SKD Türkiye olarak EBRD iş birliği ile yürüttüğümüz Türkiye Döngüsel Ekonomi Platformu, Türkiye'nin en kapsayıcı döngüsel ekonomi projesi olarak 200’den fazla üyesiyle bü...
Circular Business Design Tracks Are Completed
Circular Business Design Tracks Are Completed
19th transaction of TMM is completed through TCEP
19th Transaction of TMM is completed
Defining circularity of textile industry in Turkey
Defining circularity of textile industry in Turkey
18th Transaction: Esan - Çimsa
18th transaction
17th Transaction: Kadifeteks
Turkey Circular Economy Platform members continue to develop circular economy applications and incorporate them into their operations/business with the support of platfor...
The World Circular Economy Forum + Climate
The World Circular Economy Forum + Climate (WCEF+Climate) was jointly organized by The Netherlands and The Finnish Innovation Fund Sitra on 15 and 16 April 202.
The Circularity Gap Report 2021
The Circularity Gap Report 2021, a global assessment of circular economy progress, has been released by Circle Economy.
The Circular Transition Indicator
The Circular Transition Indicator
13th transaction of TMM is completed
13th transaction of TMM is completed
Circular Economy Week of Turkey
Circular Economy Week of Turkey
VII. Sustainable Finance Forum
VII. Sustainable Finance Forum
Call for action for partnership on the low-carbon, circular recovery of Turkey
Call for action for partnership on the low-carbon, circular recovery of Turkey
Metal Industry Guide
Metal Industry Guide
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Textile and Fashion Industry
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Textile and Fashion Industry
Circular Economy Guide for Textile and Fashion Industry
Circular Economy Guide for Textile and Fashion Industry
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Plastics Industry
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Plastics Industry
15th Application: Bilecik Demir Çelik
As one of ‘The Circular Vouchers’ recipient companies, Bilecik Demir Çelik used this opportunity to carry out a study on the potential of secondary raw material productio...
16th Aplication: Kadifeteks
Benefiting from The Circular Vouchers program, Kadifeteks, one of the platform members, developed a roadmap for the recycling of different types of textile waste by condu...
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Metal Industry
Sectoral Meetings: Circular Economy Opportunities in the Metal Industry
Turkey Circular Economy Platform – 14th Transaction
Turkey Circular Economy Platform continues to support its members in identifying potential materials transactions and assessing the feasibility of implementing materials ...
What is Circular Economy?
Since 2016, we as BCSD Turkey and EBRD have been working on circular economy solutions.
Sectoral Focus
Sectoral seminars/workshops are organized with the aim of thoroughly discussing critical issues that affect the sectoral transition to circular economy as well as to crea...
The Circular Voucher – Best Practices
Between 2018-1019, technical consultancy support was provided through The Circular Vouchers 1.0 in order to support Turkey Materials Marketplace activities and transactio...
The Circular Economy Platform has completed the Circular Economy Talks
During 4 webinars, we have discussed about circular economy business models, financial supports, best practices from different companies, European Unions’ perspective and...
Desk Based Review Support Framework for Experts
Reviews will be conducted by sector experts which will be suggested by the company or identified by BCSD Turkey Project Team. It is aimed to support 10 companies in total...
Desk Based Review Support Framework
Desk-based review support is a technical assistance service provided for the platform member companies, free of charge. The main objective is to identify the priority are...
Circular Transition Indicators
Over the past year, 25 global companies that are members of WBCSD came together to jointly develop Circular Transition Indicators for organizations to identify circular o...
The Circular Vouchers
With an expansion in scope of the on-going Circular Vouchers scheme, The Circular Vouchers 2.0 aims to provide technical assistance up to 8 member companies of the TMM pl...
12th Transaction: PepsiCo & Aromsa
Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM), continues to bring companies together while assessing the applicability of transaction opportunities and, supporting analysis and inve...
11th Transaction: Nurol & Arkim
The 11th transaction was completed between Arkim and Nurol Construction. Through the transaction, Arkim purchased second-hand steel construction parts to be utilized in i...
Third Call for The Circular Vouchers
EBRD announced the 3rd round of The Circular Vouchers at the 5th Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM) Network Meeting in order to support TMM members’ materials exchange tr...
Winners of the 2nd Round of The Circular Vouchers Announced
Following careful evaluations by EBRD and TMM teams, 3 TMM members have been chosen as recipients of the 2nd round and will be awarded with 90% technical grants, with %10...
10th Transaction: Anadolu Etap & Sütaş
Turkey’s circular economy platform, Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM), continues to bring companies together and support their activities relating to circularity. Recent...
The 9th Waste Transaction is Completed
Turkey Materials Marketplace continues to support and bring companies together around the circular economy. Recently, two of the Turkey’s leading companies have met and c...
The 7th and 8th Waste Transactions are Completed
TMM continues to achieve success in creating environmental outcomes through circular economy and build collaboration among the companies.
Circular Economy Opportunities in the Food Industry
The event attracted considerable attention and brought companies, experts, and other related professionals together in the industry to exchange and discuss material excha...
Circular Economy Opportunities in the Textile Industry
The first sectoral meeting of Turkey’s Materials Marketplace project was held on 30 April, hosted by Zorlu Holding, İstanbul. The event aimed to bring together textile in...
The Circularity Gap Report 2019
‘The Circularity Gap Report 2019’ was launched in Davos and published as part of the Platform for Accelerating the Circular Economy (PACE) by Circle Economy. PACE is a pu...
The 6th Waste Transaction is Completed
PepsiCo has installed a biogas plant in its manufacturing unit at Kocaeli. The company generates energy by processing organic waste from production process and also buyin...
4th Network Meeting was held on 30th January
The 4th Network Meeting held on the 30th of January at ITU Taşkışla, continued to play a significant role in extending TMM’s sphere of influence with a program that targe...
EBRD Delegation Trip Taiwan - Promoting Circular Solutions
The European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) organised a visit for a selection of its Clients from Egypt, Jordan and Turkey to Taipei City on September 24t...
BCSD Turkey Became a Local Organizer of CEC
BCSD Turkey became a local organizer of the London-based Circular Economy Club (CEC), an international non-profit network of over 3,100 circular economy professionals and...
CEO Guide to the Circular Economy
CEO Guide to the Circular Economy has been developed by the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) in collaboration with Accenture. The guide offers a...
5th Material Transaction is Completed!
Another successful transaction has taken place through TMM’s support to exploring industrial symbiosis opportunities, creating environmental and economic advantages throu...
Materials Marketplace Team is Growing !
TMM, a circular economy project, established by BCSD Turkey in collaboration with EBRD in April 2016 to facilitate cross-industry materials reuse among Turkish companies,...
The Winners of The Circular Vouchers Announced !
EBRD launched The Circular Vouchers at the 3rd Turkey Materials Marketplace (TMM) Network Meeting in June 2018, in order to support TMM members’ materials exchange transa...
The 3rd and 4th Waste Transactions are Completed
TMM has achieved another two success in supporting the process of exploring industrial symbiosis opportunities, creating environmental outcomes through circular economy a...
3rd Network Meeting was held in June!
The 3rd Network Meeting realized on the 1st of June, played a significant role in extending TMM’s sphere of influence since the scope of both audience and event program w...
Second waste transaction: Esan to Exitcom!
The 2nd waste transaction through the TMM Platform is completed.
Turkey Materials Marketplace’s first waste transaction is complete!
The 1st waste transaction through the TMM Platform is completed as a result of the outcomes of the Synergy Opportunities Identification Workshop carried out at the 2nd Ne...
Red Mud
Eti Aluminum is Turkey’s single primary aluminum producer and is one of the first members of the Turkish Materials Marketplace (TMM) platform. Established in 1973, the co...
2nd Network Meeting - A Short Overview
The 2nd Network Meeting took place in Bosphorus University Alumni Association (BÜMED), on December 7, 2017. The aim of the meeting was to inform participants about the fi...
Main Outcomes of the Synergy Identification Workshop, 2nd Network Meeting
One of the main objectives of the Network Meeting that took place on December 7, 2017 with the participation of over 50 companies was to showcase the opportunity the TMM ...
Support from Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanization to Turkey Materials Marketplace Project
Republic of Turkey, Ministry of Environment and Urbanisation has declared its support to Turkey Materials Marketplace Project through a support letter, signed on 21st of ...
The launch and the workshop of Turkey Materials Marketplace took place on November 2nd, 2016
The launch and the workshop of Turkey Materials Marketplace took place in Bilgi University Social Incubation Center on November 2nd, 2016.
