IGA's Environmental and Sustainability Policies were discussed at the United Nations Conference on Climate Change Parties (COP25) held in Madrid, Spain. IGA CEO Consultant Ülkü Özeren made a speech at the Zero Waste Panel held on December 11th and shared the latest work on the Zero Waste at Istanbul Airport.
Continuing its activities in line with the principles of sustainable development, İGA stands out with its activities in environmental and sustainability issues at Istanbul Airport, which has become a global HUB with its operational successes. December 2 to 13, between the speaker at the Zero Waste Panel on Climate Change held in Turkey Pavilyonu Summit held in Madrid HDI CEO Advisor Ülkü Özeren Istanbul told The studies carried out successfully at the airport.
The waste problem is solved at its source…
Explaining the waste management strategy at Istanbul Airport, Özeren emphasized the importance of separating the waste problem at its source. Ülkü Özeren pointed out the necessity of finding ways of waste generation in the direction of using the resources more efficiently and underlined that the amount of waste can be reduced as a result of these studies.
Stating that all parties including IGA operating at Istanbul Airport segregate their wastes into five different categories as paper-cardboard, packaging, glass, organic and household waste, Özeren said that all waste management infrastructure is designed to collect and process waste in a way to provide recycling. Özeren emphasized the importance of stakeholder management in this regard and stated that the companies operating at Istanbul Airport act in accordance with the Zero Waste Program with a common synergy. In line with this, under the leadership of IGA, the Zero Waste Declaration of Istanbul Airport was signed by the CEOs of 18 main stakeholders.
Target “Zero Waste”
IGA CEO Consultant Ulku Ozeren said that they aim to achieve maximum savings in terms of 'Zero Waste Principles' in Istanbul Airport and said:
All works carried out at Istanbul Airport; sustainability. The terminal building, which is the world's largest building under one roof, has been constructed in such a way as to provide 24% energy efficiency and 40% water efficiency compared to conventional systems. In other words, we have ensured that the energy consumption of 3700 households is consumed less than the annual energy consumption and that 6750 households consume as much water as XNUMX households before we put our terminal building into service. While supplying our energy from the national line, we prioritized the purchase of renewable energy sources and finally our remaining carbon footprint; carbon credits by buying.
We have adapted our airport to climate change within the scope of the Climate Change Adaptation and Action Plan. We pay attention to waste management to produce fewer carbon footprints. '
IGA's Zero Waste strategy…
Özeren stated that approximately 115 tons of waste is produced per day at the Istanbul Airport. said. Ülkü Özeren noted that 940 m11 of waste storage volume was saved by recycling the wastes instead of storing them. This corresponds to 31 million m20.000 of water per year.
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