{"id":3841,"date":"2026-04-01T12:38:52","date_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:38:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2026-04-01T12:38:52","modified_gmt":"2026-04-01T10:38:52","slug":"seminar-the-externalization-of-the-environmental-cost-of-european-plastic-waste-a-case-from-turkiye","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/seminar-the-externalization-of-the-environmental-cost-of-european-plastic-waste-a-case-from-turkiye\/","title":{"rendered":"Seminar: &#8220;The externalization of the environmental cost of European plastic waste: A Case from T\u00fcrkiye&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-3842 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/wordpress\/sustain\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/04\/Seminario-BiT_25_03_2026_page-0001.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"513\" height=\"726\" \/><\/p>\n<p>UnitelmaSapienza hosted an insightful seminar on March 25th, 2026, organized by the BiT \u2013 Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group.<\/p>\n<p>The event focused on <strong>\u201c<\/strong><em><strong>The externalization of the environmental cost of European plastic waste: A Case from T\u00fcrkiye<\/strong>\u201d<\/em>, shedding light on a critical and often overlooked global issue.<\/p>\n<p>\ud83c\udfa4 During the seminar, <strong>Prof. Dr. Sedat G\u00fcndo\u011fdu<\/strong> explored how, following China\u2019s 2018 ban on plastic waste imports, T\u00fcrkiye has become a major destination for European plastic waste.<\/p>\n<p>A key focus was on\u00a0microplastic pollution, one of the least visible yet most pervasive consequences. In regions such as Adana, untreated wastewater from recycling facilities is discharged into irrigation canals, increasing microplastic concentrations. These pollutants contaminate agricultural soils and eventually reach the Mediterranean Sea.<\/p>\n<p>The discussion also highlighted broader systemic issues, including a rise in facility fires and illegal dumping, raising concerns about the effectiveness of current global waste management systems in protecting vulnerable ecosystems.<\/p>\n<p>The seminar provided an important opportunity to reflect on environmental responsibility and the global implications of waste trade.<\/p>\n<p><!-- \/wp:paragraph --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>UnitelmaSapienza hosted an insightful seminar on March 25th, 2026, organized by the BiT \u2013 Bioeconomy in Transition Research Group. The event focused on \u201cThe externalization of the environmental cost of European plastic waste: A Case from T\u00fcrkiye\u201d, shedding light on a critical and often overlooked global issue. \ud83c\udfa4 During the seminar, Prof. Dr. Sedat G\u00fcndo\u011fdu [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3842,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_et_pb_use_builder":"","_et_pb_old_content":"","_et_gb_content_width":""},"categories":[89],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3847,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions\/3847"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3842"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.unitelmasapienza.it\/sustain\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}