"Towards a Global Zero Waste Movement" Event Held at the Turkish House (Türkevi) in New York, USA.

The "Towards a Global Zero Waste Movement" event was held at the Turkish House (Türkevi) in New York, USA.

The event, hosted by Mrs. Emine Erdoğan, wife of our President Mr. Recep Tayyip Erdoğan, was attended by Minister of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change Mehmet Özhaseki, the spouses of heads of state present in New York, USA, within the scope of the 78th United Nations (UN) General Assembly, senior UN officials, diplomats from other countries, New York Mayor Eric Adams, Banu Dedeman, Member of the Board of Directors of TÜROB the Association of Turkish Hoteliers and Chair of the Board of Dedeman Hotels & Resorts, and numerous other guests.

Speaking at the event, Mrs. Emine Erdoğan said: “By signing the Zero Waste Goodwill Declaration, I invite the human family to become part of the change not tomorrow but today; today, we are witnessing the seed of zero waste that we planted in my country grow into a plane tree whose shade will bring relief to the world.” Continuing her remarks, Erdoğan said, “The critical threshold for the climate crisis is now upon us, and today we are obliged to leave behind the phase of talking and assessing and to implement urgent action plans. Our common home, the world, reminds us ever more forcefully each passing day of the reality that climate change is our most important problem,” adding that “127 tons of food are produced every second in the world, 41 tons of which are wasted without being consumed, and that a population of as many as 820 million is struggling with hunger.”

The spouses of the heads of state of Suriname, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Seychelles, Serbia, Bulgaria, Lithuania, Zimbabwe and Sierra Leone who attended the program also signed the Zero Waste Goodwill Declaration, becoming zero waste volunteers.