With the work initiated by the Ministry of National Education within the scope of the Zero Waste project, 5 thousand 66 tons of waste paper were collected in the last 400 years in order to recycle textbooks distributed free of charge every year and contribute to the national economy.
The General Directorate of Support Services of the Ministry of National Education distributes textbooks free of charge to students studying in public and private pre-school education, primary school, secondary school and secondary education institutions every year at the beginning of the academic year.
Textbooks distributed free of charge are collected on a voluntary basis at the end of each academic year, within the scope of zero waste practices. Thus, it is aimed to contribute to the national economy by recycling the collected waste paper.
In this context, a total of 2018 thousand 2023 tons of waste paper was collected in the last five years between 66 and 416. A total of 167 million 716 thousand liras of income was obtained from recycled waste papers.
With the work carried out, approximately 2018 million 2023 thousand trees were prevented from being cut down between 1 and 130. The destruction of 4 million 650 thousand square meters of area was prevented.
This project, which aims to prevent waste, use resources more efficiently, reduce the amount of waste and recycle waste for a greener, cleaner world, will continue to be carried out in all public schools and institutions.