ITO-PAGEV COLLABORATION ORGANIZED THE 'OCS SEMINAR ON GRANULAR MICROPLASTIC PREVENTION CERTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EU GREEN DEAL'.

ITO-PAGEV COLLABORATION ORGANIZED THE 'OCS SEMINAR ON GRANULAR MICROPLASTIC PREVENTION CERTIFICATION DOCUMENT WITHIN THE FRAMEWORK OF THE EU GREEN DEAL'.

It is known that the pollution in the oceans and seas as a result of industrialisation activities is increasing day by day and adversely affects marine life, and especially in recent times, microplastics and the prevention of the release of these plastics into nature have become a vital issue. Operation Clean Sweep initiative has been launched worldwide in the plastics industry in order to prevent the loss and leakage of granules during the production, transport and production of granules, to prevent marine pollution, which is a global environmental problem, and to prevent the mixing of plastic raw materials on land into the seas.

With this initiative, it is known that awareness, training and inspection services are provided in order to prevent plastic raw material granules from posing a danger to life in the seas. It is important for companies operating in the plastics sector to have OCS Environmental Certificate with International Validity in order to prevent granule losses and to prevent environmental pollution in the seas.

Within this framework, "Granular Microplastic Prevention Certificate Certificate OCS Seminar within the Framework of the EU Green Deal" organised in cooperation with ITO and PAGEV was held at the ITO Assembly Hall.

Operation Clean Sweep Seminar started with the opening speech of Mr Şekib Avdagiç, Chairman of the Board of Directors of Istanbul Chamber of Commerce. In his opening speech, Mr Avdagiç emphasised the importance of Turkey's Green Consensus Roadmap. In his speech, Yavuz Eroğlu, Chairman of the Board of PAGEV, referred to the opportunities and threats in the Circular Economy model and explained the new risks and opportunities emerging within the scope of the circular economy within the scope of the EU Green Deal. Benoit Hennaut, President of EuPC (European Plastics Producers Association), pointed out that Turkey is a developing country in the plastics industry and said that PAGEV, which carries out successful activities, is a non-governmental organisation that will be a model for Europe. In his speech, Adnan Baduk emphasised that nature-friendly production is on the rise. Bernard Merkx, General Manager of EuPC (European Plastic Producers Association), made a presentation on the future of regulations in Europe regarding microplastics and Operation Clean Sweep system, innovations and standards. In his speech, Bernard Merkx said "PAGEV, Turkey Representative of Operation Clean Sweep OCS, takes preventive measures within the scope of European norms to prevent the release of granules classified as microplastics into nature" and conveyed the importance of the work of PAGEV, Turkey Representative of Operation Clean Sweep OCS.

In the last part, CERTILOOP General Manager and PAGEV Advisory Board Member Yağmur Eroğlu and PAGEV Technical Expert, Environmental Engineer Nagihan Kul made a presentation on OCS applications in Turkey and answered questions from the audience about the OCS application in Turkey.