Türkiye is able to share its expertise on the zero-waste initiative that it launched in 2017, first girl Emine Erdoğan mentioned on Friday.
“Türkiye is ready to share its experience with zero waste with any country that wishes, and to put forth whatever it takes to turn zero waste into a global movement,” Erdoğan mentioned on the third worldwide zero-waste summit and award ceremony in Istanbul.
The zero-waste mission was launched by the primary girl with the intention of highlighting the significance of zero waste in preventing the local weather disaster.
“The seed we planted with hope in these lands five years ago turned into a big plane tree whose shadow today reaches the farthest countries. This success primarily belongs to our people, who adopted zero waste as a philosophy of life and enrich it with their voluntary contributions,” Erdoğan mentioned.
The mission has acquired worldwide reward, with UN Secretary-General Antonio Guterres expressing his gratitude to Türkiye’s first girl throughout a convention in New York in September.
Recently, the UN General Assembly unanimously adopted a decision on a zero waste initiative offered by Türkiye declaring March 30 International Day of Zero Waste.
“The declaration of good will, with the number of signatories growing every day, was an important step towards institutionalizing the global interest and support for our zero-waste project,” mentioned the president’s spouse.
