TURKISH AGRI.NEWS

Breakfast is the most important meal of the day for Turks, and a weekend breakfast out is almost an exclusive event for many. You either opt for a few fixed dishes, all-you-can eat buffet or "serpme," a mix of specialties of a traditional Turkish breakfast. Serpme, which literally means "spreading," involves a wide variety of dishes spread on the table - often more than you can eat. It also causes more food waste, experts warn. Aziz Akgül, who heads the Turkish Foundation for Waste Reduction (TİSVA), says this breakfast "model" causes food waste totalling TL 100 billion every year - a significant figure that is enough to ring alarm bells when combined with wasting bread, another unfortunately popular type of waste in bread-loving Turkey. Akgül says serpme breakfasts evolved from a popular pastime into a culture of waste. Figures by TİSVA show Turkey wastes food worth TL 214 billion a year, or 12 million tons. Akgül says although Turkey is in the 65th spo...

July 25, 2019 Turkey's waste bill amounts to 555 billion liras! Everyday 6 million breads go to landfills! Balance sheet of waste unveiled in Turkey. It reaches 15 percent of GDP! A new report prepared by Turkey Waste Prevention Foundation (TİSVA) reveals that 15 percent of national income is wasted. Wastage of energy, fruit-vegetables, bread and water reaches such dimensions that the loss of national income makes up 555 billion liras. 214 billion liras of food waste! Every day 6 million breads are trashed! 35 liras of every 100 liras electricity bill can be saved. One of the biggest wastage items is energy. According to the report, every 100 liras electricity bill has a potential of saving 35 liras. Turkey's total energy saving potential has been identified as 25 percent. In fact, if waste is prevented only in housing this would mean a considerable saving. Namely, the share of lighting in the total electrical energy consumed in Turkey is given as 25 perce...