IKV İstanbul EU Information Center organised a “EU Beach Clean-Up and Waste Sorting” event on 1 November 2022, in cooperation with Şile Municipality within the scope of EU Climate Diplomacy Week. Students from leading universities in İstanbul including Marmara University, İstanbul University, İstanbul Aydın University, Fenerbahçe University, İstanbul Medeniyet University and MEF University participated in the event held on the Uzunkum beach in Şile. Environmental NGO representatives were also among the participants.

The event was also attended by IKV Vice President Prof. Halûk Kabaalioğlu, IKV Secretary General Assoc. Prof. Çiğdem Nas, IKV Deputy Secretary General M. Gökhan Kilit, Şile Mayor İlhan Ocaklı, İstanbul Deputy Osman Boyraz and AK Party Şile District President Erdoğan Akgül.

The event, which was held simultaneously all over the world as part of the EU Climate Diplomacy Week, aimed to raise awareness and sensitivity among young people on climate change, environmental pollution and waste sorting. Following the beach clean-up event, the participants visited the waste collection and sorting facility, and took part in the sorting process while receiving information on the topic. During the event, participants collected a total of 240 kg of waste including 34 kg of paper, 97 kg of plastic , 51 kg of glass, 36 kg of metal and 22 kg of non-recyclable waste.