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Waste Materials Turn into Goods
14 Oct 2021Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality aims to reduce the use of natural resources and contribute to the economy of producers by converting waste materials into raw materials in the "Circular Works Workshop". Ayşen Erdinçler, Head of IMM Environmental Protection and Control Department, explained the details of the "Pop-Machina" project, funded by the European Union (EU) grant program Horizon 2020.
Prof. Dr. Ayşen Erdinçler started her speech by stating that Pop Machina is a research and innovation project. He explained that by bringing together the producer communities in the cities, production areas will be created by allowing the people here to make small and medium-sized prototypes. Erdinçler continued as follows: "We started this project with the aim of enabling citizens to implement the products they design, with disadvantaged groups in the focus. In this way, we want to contribute to them not through direct employment, but by creating opportunities for them to commercialize their own designs. The Circular Works Workshop is a working area created in this context."
The required equipment has been selected
Erdinçler, while explaining the stages of the project, said: "In the work we carried out with Barcelona Fab Lab while preparing the workshop, we selected the materials that citizens may need to develop prototypes. We take great care to make the project accessible to citizens in every sense. In the Circular Works Workshop, our raw materials are mostly selected from waste materials such as unused decorations, wooden planks, plastic covers. We will also provide some training that may inspire citizens to produce prototypes by using these materials as raw materials in the workshop. Afterwards, We will enable citizens to produce their own prototypes.”
Institutional waste is used as raw material
Talking about the process of transforming waste materials into raw materials, Erdinçler said, "We use our recyclable corporate wastes as raw materials in the Circular Works Workshop. First of all, the wastes generated within the institution are classified as 'plastic, wood and metal'. Then, they are processed according to the characteristics of the prototype that the citizens want to produce. For this purpose, we have placed very different equipment in the workshop, from small hand tools to CNC machines, extrusion and injection machines. Citizens can use the digital platform to be created within the scope of the project. "They will also be able to see the equipment and material stock and, by making an appointment, create prototypes from waste materials in the Circular Works Workshop, accompanied by our expert staff."
There are 23 partners in the project
Underlining that the project was carried out with a total of 23 partners, Prof. Dr. Erdinçler said, "In the pilot application, similar workshops are being established in 7 cities. These cities are: Thessaloniki and Piraeus in Greece, Venlo in the Netherlands, Leuven in Belgium, Santander in Spain, Kaunas in Lithuania and Istanbul in Turkey. Although there is a common goal in the project, a long theoretical phase was carried out in accordance with the potential of each city in matters such as training of the workshops, focus groups and preparation of equipment. In order to implement this phase in Istanbul, as a Turkish consortium; We carried out studies together with İSTAÇ, Koç University and Planet Turkey.”
Great contribution to the economy and the environment
Explaining the contributions of converting waste materials into raw materials, Erdinçler said, "Istanbul is among the world's largest megacities. Therefore, the amount of waste that needs to be disposed of is much higher than many countries. Ensuring that waste is included in the life cycle as a recyclable raw material means a serious contribution to the economy and the environment. At the same time, these joint production areas offered to citizens through the local government make it possible to produce value by coming together with the producer ecosystem in the city. The European Union (EU) set the goal of sustainable development in January 2016." These targets were added to the strategic objectives of metropolitan cities and integrated into action plans.”
Reducing the amount of waste, increasing the use of secondary raw materials, and considering that 70% of the world's population lives in cities, the actions taken by cities will have a great impact on issues such as climate change and circularity in resources. In this context, Istanbul, with a population of 16 million, has great potential. With this project, we, the citizens; “We intend to raise awareness about extending the life of products through concepts such as reuse, repair and repair, and we see this as part of a chain.”
Online training for manufacturers
Explaining that within the scope of the project within the past year, people with producer potential from every city received online training in the program created by Barcelona Fab Lab (Digital Production Laboratory) and IAAC (Institute of Architecture of Catalonia), Erdinçler said, “These trainings cover basic topics such as creating the content of the trainings to be given to citizens and gaining more information about the producer ecosystem. We are working on creating an event calendar and putting the project into service with the contribution of our producer champions. As the Circular Works Workshop, we would like to organize events on the use of secondary raw materials through upcycling experts and NGOs. The aim here is to ensure that citizens who define themselves as producers are included in the productive ecosystem.”
Our goal is to create self-sufficient cities
Ayşen Erdinçler added her plans for the future and concluded her words as follows: “There are areas where the city and its citizens can benefit from many benefits. The most striking of these is to ensure that usable waste can be evaluated at its source. Our most important goal is to create self-sufficient cities with the work done here. We can see these works carried out within the scope of the project, the Circular Works Workshop, as micro production areas. First of all, within the scope of the 'Pop Machina' project, we want to reach as many citizens as possible and witness the growth of the initiatives of Istanbulites in this field through local governments. We want to participate in many projects with the Circular Works Workshop and expand its impact by doing different studies. We have 2 projects at the application stage, created with these goals. We will produce services that will create value for our citizens and our city with projects created by the combination of many different disciplines and expertise.”
Source: IBB Istanbul Magazine
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