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MALATYA MİLLİ EĞİTİM MÜDÜRLÜĞÜ(MALATYA PROVINCE DIRECTORATE OF NATIONAL EDUCTAION)

RECYCLING AND ENVIROMENTAL EDUCTAION

This project is funded by EU commission and Turkish Republic- Ministry of Europian Union and TR center for EU eductaion and youth programmes (http://www.ua.gov.tr) under the framework of LLLP. TR National Agency and EU commission cannot be held responsible for any ideas and products of the project.

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WHAT HAVE BEEN REALISED WITHIN THE PROJECT

THE IMPORTANCE OF RECYCLING AND ENVIRONMENT

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Recycling

• “Scrap” means fragmented, wasted material which is broken and damaged, aged goods or metal piece which is useless in lexical meaning.

• “Scrap dealer” is the one who purchase and sell scrap material.• Scrap dealing is a profession which has only 50-55 years of history in

our country which is not known very well by our people. Since arc furnaces and iron and steel factories opened after 1950s using scrap metal as raw material, scrap dealing was activated and number of scrap depots increased in parallel to the number of factories opened.

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Recycling

• Scrap dealing consisted of shipping scrap household goods and wastes collected from houses and limited number of workplaces during 1962s without treatment has become an industrial sector today. It is not enough to collect and ship scraps any more; it has become compulsory to separate wood, glass, fabric, nylon etc purifying foreign particles, to shrink cutting oxygen or blades, to pack after pressing with machines manufactured particularly for this purpose (baling with paper), to use polyp buckets and magnets to save time during loading and unloading, to use portable containers mounted and dismounted to truck chassis as is in European countries to facilitate collection and shipment.

• Scrap dealing is not only a waste collecting business it is also an industrial sector using technologies preparing raw material to production stage.

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Recycling

• Recyclable scraps such as iron-steel, paper and other metal scraps are each economical values indispensable for countries’ economies. Said values are regained without losing thanks to industrial associations such as scrap dealers in the first stage. Therefore destruction of minerals and forests on the earth are protected from being exhausted. Who knows, how many trees are killed and how large forests are destroyed for one ton of paper? Collection of said wastes, environment and nature is protected from pollution and being damaged. If said recycling is not possible, the earth would become a vessel, airplane, tank, car, train etc graveyard and a waste area for wasted material.

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Recycling

• Fortunately scraps are used in production of new products…• Fortunately, facilities were founded to manufacture products

processing said scraps…• Fortunately, recycling industry (scrap dealers) is available who

collects said scraps and prepares for recycling in said facilities…• Fortunately we are available…• We believe we are doing a useful business for country, and

humanity as well as commercial meaning…

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Solid Wastes

• As is all over the world, the most challenging environmental problem encountered by people is wastes in large allocation units.

• Household solid wastes are composed of organic wastes as 68 % and remaining are paper, cardboard, textile, plastics, leather metal, wood, glass and ashes.

• Approximately 65 thousand tons of household wastes are produced in a day in our country.

• There are three basic principal of the management of solid wastes in our country and on the world. Generating less waste, recycling wastes and disposing thereof without damaging environment.

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Solid Wastes

• Treating all services from collection of wastes, to storage or disposing within the framework of a schedule and evaluating and recycling said wastes is called as "environment friendly waste management".

• Wastes not stored as appropriate causes underground and surface water pollution, generation of pests, malodors to reek of, visual pollution and disease carrying bacteria to be spread by means of various animals.

• If we do not reduce waste at source, we may not breath sometimes later within the range of waste hills.

• If we do not want coming generations to encounter waste hills, we have to consume conscious and generate less waste.

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Solid Wastes

• First waste disaster in our country happened in Istanbul, Umraniye district on 28.04.1993. Ground was subsided since wastes were not handled in conformity with the procedure to which wastes were dumped for 20 years.

• There are only 11 landfill waste collection areas of 3215 municipalities in our country.• There is only one active compost facility in our country.• Houses, working places and buildings used by any means (including empty buildings)

are subject to environment tax which are located within municipal region and adjacent areas and benefiting solid waste collection and sewerage services of the municipalities.

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Recycling2• Natural resources are not unlimited and these resources certainly

will be exhausted if they are not used carefully. Developed countries noticed this reality with energy crisis as well as prevention of waste of resources and efforts to increase living standards sought and developed new methods for recycling and reuse of waste material. European Union provided recycling of waste material under light of the same reality. (Curi, Kocasoy, 1982)

• Developing countries are also required to end waste of resources and to search for recycling and reuse methods for materials which have economical value in order to benefit natural resources in the long term and maximum which tries to get developed and encounters economical challenges.

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Recycling2• Recycling and reuse of materials such as iron, steel, copper,

lead, paper, plastics, rubber and glass will reduce amount of foreign exchange paid for scrap material imported to meet requirements of the country as well as prevent natural resources from being exhausted and will save energy substantially. Another subject which is as much important as those subjects mentioned above is that decrease in the amount of solid wastes and thus prevention of environmental pollution as well. Reduction of quantity and volume of solid wastes is a great advantage for those countries which do not have enough area to landfill solid waste.

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Recycling2• According to researches, energy required for recycling

material is a lot less than that required to extract metal from mineral quarries. That is to say that energy required to produce 1 ton of aluminium using recycled metal is 4% of that energy consumed for aluminium to be produced using mineral. Similarly; energy required to recycle copper compounds is 13% of that energy required to get said metal from mineral quarries and this figure is 19% for iron-steel. (Lyons and Tonkin, 1975). Similarly recycling of 1 ton used paper saves 17 trees and 4100 kilowatt hour energy and this is equall to the electrical energy used by a family for a period of 1 year.

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Recycling2• Reusable material are produced using recycling waste material.

For example; glass, metal, plastic and paper/cardboard are evaluated as a new raw material applying various treatments. Production of new bottle, box, plastics, paper and fertilizer using said waste material as raw material is called recycling. First step of a healthy recycling system is collection of these materials separating at the resource. When said wastes having recyclable quality are mixed with other wastes, secondary products made of said material have less quality and cleaning process might be encountered some problems with. Therefore, the most important step of recycling is separation at the resource and collecting with separate bins.

• Which materials are recyclable material:• Metal, plastics and paper and cardboard used n food and drink

packages constitute important part of recyclable material exist in the waste. Besides bone, pieces of textile cloth are recyclable in special separation facilities.

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The Importance Of Recycling• 1. Saves our natural resources• Resources on the earth reduces each passing day since world population

increase and consumption behaviour changes. Therefore we have to reduce consumption, recycle wastes having gradable quality and use natural resources in more efficient way. Hence, recycling is quite essential for preservation of natural resources and efficient use thereof. For example; we can ensure the trees in the forest are cut less by means of recycling paper. Similarly, recycling plastic wastes saves petroleum.

• 2. Energy Save• Recycling saves energy decreasing number of processes during industrial

production. For example; metal drink cans are melted directly during recycling process and converted to new product and mineral ore and purification thereof is not required before production of said metal material. Accordingly, 96% of the energy could be saved by recycling an aluminium can. Similarly energy required for reprocessing the paper separated in solid waste is 50% less than that of energy required normal production process. Similarly; recycling of glass and plastic wastes can save significant amount of energy.

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The Importance Of Recycling• 3. Reduction of waste quantity• By recycling treatment, waste quantity is reduced and less area and less

energy are used in storage and transportation of said waste materials. Said reduction is not significant for household waste as well as it constitutes a significant proportion when evaluated in respect of volume.

• 4. Recycling means investment to the future and economy;• Recycling is an economical investment in long term. As a result of reduction

in raw material and exhausted natural resources, economical problems may arise and recycling will have an important influence on the economy at this point. New employment opportunities will be provided and new generations will have the opportunity to benefit from natural resources.

• Beyond all aforementioned, recycling;• Will ensure natural resources to be used in most efficient manner and is

the most important solid waste management method which can legate as much as possible amount of natural resources.

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You Know MeDo you know these facts on recycling?

• Beyond recycling and reuse, conversion of compounds in the waste products using their specifications by means of chemical, physical and biochemical methods to other products or energy is called "recycle".

• Recycle preserves our natural resources, saves energy and contributes economy reducing waste material and invests to the future.

• Works have been done for long times on recycling processes of the wastes in Turkey. Waste material such as glass, paper, cardboard, plastics and metal wastes are collected from waste collection fields and by street waste pickers and used as raw material source in various industries.

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You Know MeDo you know these facts on recycling?

• Works have been done for long times on recycling processes of the wastes in Turkey. Waste material such as glass, paper, cardboard, plastics and metal wastes are collected from waste collection fields and by street waste pickers and used as raw material source in various industries.

• Collection of used packaging material and other gradable wastes as clean and separate from other wastes is the first stage of recycling process. Separately collected recyclable wastes must be separated according to types in order to apply recycling processes.

• Approximately 15-20 % of wastes generated in Turkey is recyclable waste material.

• Packaging is not a waste but is also a raw material. Lets collect packages separately which are not possible to recycle.

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You Know MeDo you know these facts on recycling?

• Lets pay attention any product to be recyclable when purchasing a product.

• Lets recycle used papers using papers and notebooks economic.• We can recycle the papers we used collecting and we can prevent

environmental pollution.• 44% of the letters sent by people to each other are not read. One ton

used paper protects 16 pine trees when recycled and one ton newsprint paper prevents 8 pine trees to be cut when recycled.

• Stopping only 100,000 family to write unnecessary letters saves 150,000 trees each year from being cut.

• A person consumes 8 months in his/her life to open unnecessary correspondence letters.

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You Know Me• One office staff wastes 81 kgs of high quality paper in a year.• Lets prefer cloth bags, basket and nets instead of disposable

plastic bags.• Plastics are the material which require the longest

decomposition period in the nature and are hard to decompose. Therefore said material must be collected separately and recycled as much as possible.

• Plastic packaging wastes are used as raw material in secondary production converting granules after washing. They are used for greenhouse cover, plastic bag in automotive industry, vinyl floor covering, drain pipe, fiber and filling material, automotive spare part production.

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You Know Me• We save 95% of energy by recycling metal and plastics when

compared to new production.• 100 liters of oil is saved for each ton of glass recycled.• Glass bottle survives 4000 years in the nature and plastic 1000

years, chewing gum 5 years and bear can for 10-100 years and cigarette filter survives 2 years in the nature.

• Recycle of glass bottle and jars have been applied for quite older times among household wastes. Glass bottle and jar and other glass wastes are converted to glass powder after breaking. Glass powder is mixed with sand, lime stone and soda ash and converted to new products shaping in high temperature.

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WHAT WE DID

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The project has been publicized through the official web page of Malatya province directorate of national education

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190 school directors were invited to be informed of the project, and they were delivered a conference about the importance of recycling and environment

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The teachers of Technology and design Classes were delivered a training to raise awareness about recycling and they were requested to ask their students to collect non-used-materials and produce something out of them.

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Some English teachers who are potential ones to write EU projects were informed about the recycling and environment

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To be a member of the project, 24 candidates applied for training on recycling workshops.They were first given some information about the project and then, they were told what to do within the project process. Each trainee, then, gave information to those who worked in their own workplaces.

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The staff of the directorate of National Education were told the importance of recycling and environment

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Directorate of National Education in Malatya sends 6 tonnes of paper to be recycled

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Some recycling workshops were organized at schools

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Some pictures illustrating the products produced at workshops at schools

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SOME PRODUCTS PRODUCED DURING THE

PROJECT ACTIVITIES

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The waste materials used: used jumpers and clothesHow can you use it?: as baby shoe or table clothe

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The waste materials : used nylon carrier, furniture and pipeHow can you use it?: Lamp Shade

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The waste materials used: wasted electric socket, a tree branchHow can you use it?: as balcony lamp

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The waste materials used: Wasted colored nylon bags How can you use it?: as handbag

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The waste materials used: wasted/unused water pipes and tin cans How can you use it?: as candle holder and lamp

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The waste materials used: Plastic bottle and some ornaments How can you use it?: as money box or pen holder or vase

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The waste materials used : used tea boxes, toilet paper and paper towel rolls, wooden spoons

How can you use it?: as present packages, bookmarker and photo frames

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The waste materials used : Used plastic spoons, water bottles How can you use it?: as lamps

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The waste materials used : Used clothes How can you use it?: : as dossiers, umbrella stand (box)

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The waste materials used : egg cups, old cassette and boxHow can you use it?: as snack plates, paper holder and lamp

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The waste materials used : plastic spoon, carton How can you use it?: as mirror

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The waste materials used : gazette waste How can you use it?: as accessiories

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The waste materials used : non-used jumper threads, waste papers How can you use it?: as ornament stuff

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The waste materials used : non-used jumper threads, waste papers, bottle and plastics How can you use it?: as ornament stuff

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The waste materials used : wast nylon bags, cover and button How can you use it?: as wall ornaments, tool and/or photo frame

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WHAT WE WILLCARRY OUT

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MALATYA PROVINCE OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE

• In cooperation with Malatya Metropolian Municipality, 188.206 students, 11.281 teachers at 803 schools will ve delivered conferances about the importance of recycling and environment. Some animations will be displayed and brochures will be delivered to the target group and also banners will be used.

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This world belongs to us…..

Do not let it be turned into rubbish!!

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Thanks for your kind attention…..

MALATYA PROVINCE OF NATIONAL DIRECTORATE