PROJECT

SOLID WASTE

PROJECT SUMMARY

With the increasing population, technological developments and industrialization, the use of packaged products has increased, and environmental and climate change problems have increased accordingly.Solid wastes also negatively affect the environment and human health with the disease-causing substances they contain.

The basic regulation in the field of Solid Waste Management in the EU is the Waste Framework Directive 2008/98/EC.

According to the waste management hierarchy, the 5R method (Reject, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover) should primarily focus on preventing the generation of waste at its source.When this is not possible, waste materials should be reused and recycled. Incineration or landfilling is the last option. All stages other than prevention at the source cause global warming and directly trigger environmental and

climate change problems.It is a global problem,so action must be taken together.

We applied for this project to increase students’ and families’ awareness about solid waste pollution and its impact on marine ecosystems, human health, and the climate. The project addressed the lack of direct educational content on this topic in our curricula and sought to promote sustainable habits to implicate all the community.

OBJECTIVES:

Raising awareness of solid waste among students, teachers, and families.
Increasing students’ awareness of the 5R principles (Reject, Reduce, Reuse, Recycle, Recover).
Raising awareness about the harmful effects of solid wastes on marine pollution, environment, economy and human health.
Disseminating good practices in different ways and platforms.
Promoting behavioral change through artistic, scientific, and civic activities.
Building international partnerships and engaging in environmental actions locally and abroad.
Enhancing language and digital skills through international cooperation and digital platforms.
Integrating NGO experiences and school curricula for long-term sustainability.
Increasing European values in our students, including fostering a sense of European belonging and promoting cultural exchange between Turkey, Italy, and Spain.
Enhancing knowledge of European institutions working on solid waste management.
Contributing to the priorities and topics of Erasmus+ by fostering civic participation through environmental protection, raising students’ awareness of solid waste pollution and biodiversity loss, promoting social innovation via artistic and outdoor activities, and disseminating outcomes.

PARTNERS:

Tarsus_Borsa_istanbul_MTAL Turkey

Our school was established in 2002 in Mersin province Tarsus district. There are 6 vocational education fields (Information Technology, Electrical and Electronics Technology, Motor Vehicle Technology, Metal Technology, Air Conditioning Technology, Food Technology) that students can choose from.

The school has 674 students and 62 teachers. Due to the vocational high school system, students get education by choosing the departments they want from the 9th grade. Students receive training related to their departments for 4 years. In the last year of their education period, they do internships in businesses related to the department. So they learn by practicing.

Apart from this, environmentalism, photography, ardunio, sports, science and technology clubs also find the opportunity to express themselves in different fields.

Convitto Nazionale "D.Cotugno" Italy

Convitto Cotugno is one of the oldest schools in L'Aquila, the capital of Abruzzo, 100 km from Rome. Starting from the 1997/1998 academic year, “Domenico Cotugno” State High School and “Vittorio Emanuele II” State Educational Institute in L'Aquila were brought together to form the “Domenico Cotugno” Higher Education Institute. In 2014, it was also merged with the Boarding School. We have 1265 students. There are national boarding school, classical high school, international classical high school, language high school, music and Choral arts high school, human sciences and social economics high school departments.

Our school is a member of the association "Intercultura" that supports inter-school multicultural communication and provides trainings and works actively in this regard. This year, our students received Climate Change and Geography training in English, which is a tool language in our education system.

Institut Miquel Martí i Pol Spain

Our school is in Cornellà de Llobregat, very close to Barcelona. There are 1200 students and 120 teachers in our school. Compulsory education is from 12 to 16 years old and we have older students in non-compulsory education: batxillerat or voccational studies.

One of our school's projects is sustainability,which is why we are the Green School. We have a Sustainability Coordination and are part of XESC (http://escolesxesc.cat/),the Network of Schools for Catalonia's sustainability,and XESCO,our city's local network where we develop education programs for sustainability.In our school,we teach some topics related to PBL methodology in compulsory Secondary education(12-16). We also support the science department with scholarships such as “Bojos per la ciència” for our students in different science programs. We cooperate with local associations such as Citilab, which is a citizen laboratory for social and digital innovation.

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