Kadriye Elif Maçin

Istanbul Technical University · Department of Environmental Engineering

The solid waste management (SWM) approach for the protection of resources known as “zero waste” (ZW) has become popular in recent years. Waste characterization is the first step to pursuing a comprehensive and sustainable SWM strategy. The aim of this study is to determine the waste characterization and recycling potential of the Istanbul Technical...

Üniversiteler, eğitim, araştırma ve topluma katkı faaliyet alanlarının yanı sıra, daha sürdürülebilir kurumlara dönüşmek ve bu alanda iş birliklerini artırmak için kayda değer çabalar göstermektedir. Son yıllarda Türkiye'de üniversiteler tarafından yürütülen sürdürülebilirlik faaliyetlerinde bir artış söz konusudur. Bu çalışmaların daha çok (1) pol...

Food waste is a significant environmental issue today, as it contributes to depleting natural resources and greenhouse gas emissions from improper management. To address this, alternative food waste management and recovery strategies must be developed to promote nutrient recirculation and move towards decarbonization. University campuses could play...

Life cycle assessment (LCA) is a methodology used to evaluate the environmental impacts associated with the entire life cycle of a product or system. Over the course of electric vehicle (EV) adoption, there has been a progressive increase in the number of LCA studies focusing on EV batteries. However, there is a need for further LCA research of adv...

Disasters like earthquakes can cause severe damage and impacts, resulting in a significant amount of waste. A massive earthquake hit 13 cities of eastern Türkiye, on 6 February 2023. The aim of the study was to estimate waste generation and suggest a waste management strategy in cities affected by earthquakes. Earthquake wastes were estimated based...

University campuses could become pioneer centers for zero waste (ZW) projects. Previously, social and environmental studies have been conducted for the Istanbul Technical University (İTÜ) Ayazağa Campus ZW project. This study assessed the third pillar of sustainability, namely economic impacts. For this purpose, current and potential packaging wast...

The relocation of landfill site from Odayeri to Seymen (average distance approximately 30 km to 110 km) in Istanbul has led to an increase in the distance of transport of waste. The aim of this study was to find an alternative waste transportation to reduce waste management cost by using Halkalı-Edirne railway for the European side of Istanbul. The...

Sıfır atık (SA) uygulamaları Türkiye de dahil olmak üzere tüm dünyada hızla artmaktadır. SA tek bir tanıma sahip olmadığından düzenli depolama tesislerine (DDT) veya yakma tesislerine sıfır atık gönderimi gibi farklı SA yaklaşımları bulunmaktadır. 2019 yılında yayımlanan Sıfır Atık Yönetmeliği Türkiye'de eğitim kurumları da dahil olmak üzere birçok...

There is growing attention to UI GreenMetric from all over the world since it was established in 2010. Turkey totally have 207 universities and 43 of them was applied to UI GreenMetric in 2019. The aim of this study is to analyse UI GreenMetric ranking performance of universities in Turkey and giving suggestions towards to becoming green campuses....

Dünya'da üretilen gıdaların üçte biri atık olarak israf edilmektedir. Avrupa Birliği (AB) artan doğal kaynak tüketimi ve lineer ekonomi anlayışının meydana getirdiği çevresel zararları önlemek için; 2012 yılında biyoekonomi stratejisini yayınlamış, bu stratejiyi 2018 senesinde döngüsel ekonomi anlayışını göz önünde bulundurarak güncellemiş ve 2019...

The UI GreenMetric Ranking system is celebrating tenth year anniversary in 2020. still missing points about the exact impacts of categories on overall results. Thus, the aim of this study is to exam previous years ranking results to understand details of category impacts on the UI GreenMetric ranking. The ranking data for the study were taken from...

There is a growing concern about natural resources and waste management (WM) practices in the world. Governments and local authorities create their own strategy for reaching zero waste (ZW) goal. Many institutions have started ZW projects recently in Turkey to meet legal requirements of national Zero Waste Regulation. Public attitude and awareness...

Turkey Ministry of Environment and Urbanization published Zero Waste (ZW) Regulation in July 2019. "Zero Waste Management Act" (ZWMA) was started in Istanbul Technical University (ITU) Ayazağa Campus as a part of a larger scale project called as "Green Campus". Education is first and crucial step to success in the sustainability acts. The aim of th...

zet Küresel ölçekte 2010 yılında toplamda 1,3 milyar ton katı atık üretilmiştir. Mevcut durumda bu katı atıkların %84'ü toplanmakta ve %15'i geri dönüştürülebilmektedir. Bir entegre katı atık yönetim sistemi içerisinde maliyeti en yüksek kalemi atıkların toplanması ve taşınması oluşturmaktadır ve maliyetleri toplam atık yönetimi içerisinde %80'e ka...

Kerbside collection is most common method in Turkey for solid waste collection. Çorlu has increasing population rate due to growing industrial activities and investments. Information used in the study such as; average waste collection amount in a month, truck properties (volume, engine power) and travelled distance during waste collection were obta...

Kentsel dönüşüm sürecinde atıkların istenilen kalitede yönetilememesinin, halkın gündelik hayatını ve sağlığını etkilemeye başlamış olması bu konuda araştırma yapma ihtiyacını doğurmuştur. Nüfusu ve atık yönetiminde en düzenli verilerin tutulmasından dolayı İstanbul'un kentsel dönüşüm sürecinde inşaat ve yıkıntı (İ&Y) atık yönetimi için önemli bir...

Migration from rural areas to cities has been increasing in many parts of the world, especially in developing countries. This situation has led to an increase in construction, demolition and renovation works. Today, around 50% of the consumed products and 45% of generated solid wastes are related to the construction sector. Turkey has initiated urb...

Medical wastes from health care institutions pose risks for public health therefore proper management of medical waste is very important. The purpose of this study is to present the general situation of medical waste management system in Turkey. In this context, first definition and amount of medical waste are given. Then, medical waste treatment m...