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SUMMARY:✨ Sustainability Workshop in the Plastics Industry was held
DESCRIPTION:🌱 The “Sustainability Workshop in the Plastics Industry\,
 ” organized within the scope of the Sustainability and Twin Transition Ce
 nter Project—conducted under the leadership of Istanbul Medipol Universit
 y Sustainable Development and Twin Transition Application and Research Cent
 er (SURKAM)\, in collaboration with the Digital and Sustainable Future Asso
 ciation (DİSÜDER) and with the support of the Istanbul Development Agency
  (İSTKA)—was held on September 16\, 2026.\n♻️ In the first session o
 f the workshop\, the current state of the plastics industry in the process 
 of sustainability and transformation\, areas of change that may affect comp
 etitiveness in the coming years\, and the fundamental problems faced by the
  sector were discussed. Under the headings of green transformation\, digita
 l transformation\, market and regulations\, and operational capacity\, the 
 following aspects were evaluated: resource and energy efficiency\, measurem
 ent and management of carbon emissions\, recycled raw materials and waste m
 anagement\, the circular economy\, eco-design\, monitoring of production da
 ta\, automation\, traceability\, and sustainability requirements.\n🌐 In 
 the second session\, concrete and implementable solution proposals were dev
 eloped for the identified priority problem areas\, focusing on financing\, 
 consultancy\, green skills\, access to technology\, and cooperation opportu
 nities among industry stakeholders. The roles that the public\, industry or
 ganizations\, universities\, financial institutions and firms can undertake
  in implementing the proposed solutions were also discussed.\n \n🌱 As Me
 dipol SURKAM\, we believe that such endeavors where different stakeholders 
 come together are important for developing collaborations and concrete solu
 tions that will support the sustainable transformation of the plastics indu
 stry.\n🙏🏼 Çalıştayımıza katılarak değerli görüş ve katkıla
 rını paylaşan tüm katılımcılarımıza teşekkür ederiz.
LOCATION:İstanbul Medipol University
DTSTAMP:20261029T145259Z
DTSTART:20260916T113500Z
DTEND:20260916T140000Z
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