The Zero Waste Education Project, which started as a pilot project in 2018 in cooperation with the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, the Ministry of National Education and TEMA Foundation, and has been implemented with the support of Tetra Pak Turkey since 2019, aims to raise children's awareness on issues such as the protection of natural assets, nature-friendly consumption habits, waste management and to adopt a "zero waste" approach.
The project covers in-class training activities prepared for pre-school and primary school children and implemented in classrooms in cooperation with the Ministry of National Education, and the Zero Waste Education Portal designed for teachers at all levels of education in 81 provinces to access the content.
In order for preschool and primary school children to adopt the concept of zero waste, the 5D model consisting of the principles of "Think, Do Not Consume If Not Necessary", "Consume Less", "Evaluate, Reuse", "Change, Use for Different Purposes" and "Transform, Let Nature Win" was developed. Children are encouraged to adopt the zero waste principle in schools through short-term activities specially prepared for pre-school and primary school children, including educational materials such as box games, presentations, films, interactive books and family brochures.
The Zero Waste Education Portal (www.sifiratiktema.org), which was designed to disseminate the developed educational materials and activity applications and to enable teachers at all levels of education in 81 provinces to access the content, was opened to the use of all teachers in October 2019. The portal provides teachers in 81 provinces with rich educational content and materials for all levels of education, including presentations, posters, worksheets, project proposals, digital games and animated films. Anyone interested in zero waste can access all content and materials by becoming a member of the portal.
Within the scope of the Zero Waste Education Project, 74 thousand primary school children were reached with the pilot implementation in Ankara in 2019. In 2019, 2020, 2021 and 2022, with the support of Tetra Pak Turkey, dissemination activities continued, reaching approximately 114,000 more children in 46 provinces at pre-school and primary school level.
Approximately 711,000 children and 116,000 teachers have been reached by the end of 2023 through the Zero Waste Education Portal.
The Zero Waste Education Project received the Zero Waste Social Responsibility Award at the Zero Waste Summit held on 1 November 2018. In addition, in 2020, it received an award in the "Environmental Social Responsibility" category at ÇEVKO Green Dot Industry Awards.
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