Turkish first lady inaugurates trailblazing zero waste training center

By Yildiz Nevin Gundogmus

ANKARA (AA) - Türkiye’s first lady Emine Erdogan inaugurated the Zero Waste Training and Simulation Center in the capital Ankara.

The facility is the country's first based on the Zero Waste project.

Emine Erdogan congratulated the children making flamingo models from cardboard waste and pine cones as part of the workshops conducted at the center.

"I hope that children's awareness and embracing of this will make our work much easier. Therefore, I think that our future is in safe hands. I hope that the training here would be practiced in all our municipalities. I want all our children to benefit from this training," she told Anadolu Agency.

Initiated by the Environment, Urbanization, and Climate Change Ministry under the auspices of Emine Erdogan, the Zero Waste project aims to contain waste under sustainable development principles and reduce pollution.