WWF-Türkiye has been working with the Metropolitan Municipality (MM) of Izmir since 2019 when the city joined Plastic Smart Cities. At the time, waste segregation at the source was not widely practised in Türkiye.
Project Objectives
- Increase recycled (particularly plastic) waste and also transform the lives of citizens who collect waste from the streets.
- Waste collection and sorting workers employed by İzDönüşüm no longer have to rummage through garbage bins but work in more hygienic conditions, with a fixed salary and insurance.
- Waste is collected from IzDönüşüm bins by trucks and electric motorcycles and are brought to the packaging waste collection and sorting center in Konak.
Download the Case Study to learn more about the Izmir Transformation.
Note: The IzDönüşüm project is now ending due to changes in administration and is thus phasing out
