The event, attended by a total of 40 experts from the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change in pairs, took place in Ankara on 27-30 November 2023.

Project Team Leader Mihail Dimovski underlined that a YDA study is ongoing within the scope of the project in order to compare the environmental impacts of Disposable Plastics and their alternatives, and that this will be important in environmental decision-making processes.

TUBITAK MAM Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Research Group Chief Researcher Dr. Ayşegül Avinal gave information to the participants about the National Life Cycle Database developed by TÜBİTAK MAM and the YDA studies carried out specifically for construction steel and crude steel. Tuba Budak Duhbacı, TÜBİTAK MAM Circular Economy and Resource Efficiency Research Group Leader, shared the findings of the YDA case study on dyed cotton fabrics and touched upon the importance of the study in environmental decision-making processes.

Sample YDA case studies on cardboard and glass packaging, ceramic tiles and portland cement Assoc. Dr. Shared by Burçin Atılgan Türkmen and Tuba Budak Duhbacı.