GRANT PROGRAM: Horizon 2020

PURPOSE: The project aims to contribute to the circular economy by recycling obtained from waste, while also carrying out citizen-oriented work. The waste determined in the pilot region to be determined in cooperation with İSTAÇ and the Waste Management Directorate will be collected by various methods and brought into the circular economy. In addition, the Directorate of Mukhtars will organize various trainings on recycling issues for the headmen in the relevant pilot regions to raise awareness and will cooperate with the citizens by explaining the methods of collecting waste. It aims to support the socio-economic and even nutritional perspective by dynamically appropriating local markets by local communities and municipalities and enabling participants to use and recycle materials and thus create new products with high added value with the latest technologies (e.g. blockchain, behavioral). The do-it-yourself economy provides opportunities to create new income streams for both artisans and local family-based producers.

In this sense, this project can be a guide for new technologies that may emerge:

• transactional methods for accessing goods, products, and services depending on demand,
• common business models that will include recycling, including waste management, and reuse, which aims to generate renewable energy for local use (for example, to light street lamps, provide heating for small homes, or provide electricity to run cars)
• maker design for the creation, prototyping and development of new products and technologies in collaborative environments (Fab Labs, Maker spaces)
• creating a demand-based economy that includes the delivery of products, services and food over the internet with business models that use waste and technologies

STAKEHOLDER: Waste Management Directorate, Mukhtars Directorate, EU Relations Directorate, ISTAÇ Inc.

STARTING DATE: 2019

PROJECT DURATION: 48 Months