34.4million tonnes / year
Municipal waste generated
Of 34.4 Mt generated in 2024, 32.3 Mt was collected and roughly 2.1 Mt was never collected at all.
TÜİK / Ministry of Environment data platform · 2024 ATOVIKA AT COP31 / GREEN ZONE PROPOSAL
What if waste
was the beginning?
We’re bringing a different perspective to climate action: one where overlooked waste becomes measurable opportunity, cleaner energy and a more circular future.
Built for the next generation of circularity.
Made to turn insight into action.
Made to turn insight into action.
THE FUTURE IS CIRCULAR01 / 03
FROM WASTE TO POSSIBILITYLess waste. More impact.
36°53′ N, 30°42′ EANTALYA, TÜRKIYE
A MORE CIRCULAR TOMORROW — STARTS HERE
RETHINK WASTE✳
RECOVER VALUE✳
REDUCE IMPACT✳
BUILD TOGETHER✳
FOR A BETTER FUTURE
✳ THE OPPORTUNITY 01 / 03
Climate progress starts with seeing things differently.
Not every resource fits neatly into today’s recovery systems. Organic waste that can’t be redistributed still carries potential — if we understand it, value it, and connect it to the right next step.
Atovika proposes a smarter way to bridge waste data, energy potential and practical recovery decisions.
Experience the platform✳ THE STATE OF WASTE IN TÜRKİYE SOURCED DATA
Türkiye buries what it could recover.
The country generates 34.4 million tonnes of municipal waste a year. Roughly four fifths of it still goes into the ground, and around half of that waste is organic — the exact material that could become energy, compost and soil instead of methane.
81%of municipal waste
Still sent to landfill
Türkiye's landfill rate has stagnated at a very high level since around 2018, against an EU-27 average of roughly a quarter.
European Environment Agency · 2021~50%of municipal waste
Is organic — and mostly buried
The organic fraction dominates municipal waste, yet there is no or very limited composting and anaerobic digestion of municipal waste in the country.
European Environment Agency · 202536%municipal recycling
Recycling, up from 13% in 2017
Real progress from the Zero Waste programme, but the official target is 60% by 2035 — and the 2021 figure counted only about 12% of generated waste.
European Environment Agency · 20248biological treatment plants
For a country of 85 million
Only eight biological waste treatment facilities and six mechanical-biological pre-treatment plants serve the whole country.
Avrupa Bilim ve Teknoloji Dergisi (EJOSAT) · 201833%of plastic waste
Uncollected or openly dumped
Only about 6% of Türkiye's plastic waste is recycled; roughly 1.1 Mt leaks into nature each year.
WWF-Türkiye · 201901
Treatment, not collection, is the bottleneck
93.9% of municipal waste is collected. The gap opens afterwards: 81% is landfilled while recycling of generated waste sits near a third.
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The organic fraction has nowhere to go
Only eight biological treatment plants serve the entire country, and anaerobic digestion of municipal waste is negligible.
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Data arrives too late to act on
Figures are survey-based and reported with a lag, and reporting discrepancies make firm conclusions difficult — so capital waits.
That is the gap Atovika exists to close: measurable organic-waste recovery, starting where the tonnage and the infrastructure already are.
✳ THE FOOD-WASTE MAP
Waste is not spread evenly, and the map shows why
Eighty-one provinces, drawn from TÜİK's own population and collection figures. Click a province to read what its bin holds — and where the food in it ends up.
Tap a province
Food and garden waste, by province< 48,14148,141–69,94269,942–98,95498,954–146,677146,677–302,278> 302,278
This is a model, not a measurement of every province. Population is TÜİK 2025; the per-capita rates are TÜİK's own measured figures, applied to the province or to its region; the organic share is the measured 46 to 55 percent band reported for Türkiye. The provinces sum to the 34.4 million tonnes this site cites nationally.
TürkiyeTürkiye
Select a province. The ten biggest are below.
- Population (2025)
- 86,092,168
- Municipal waste a year
- 34,400,000 t
- Food and garden waste a year
- 17,200,000 t
- Buried, not recovered
- 14,860,800 t
- Per person, a year
- 200 kg
50% · measured: 13 / 81
The ten largest
Read the methodModel, not census: 13 provinces carry a rate TÜİK measured directly, the rest inherit their region's measured rate. The method and all 81 provinces
✳ HOW WE THINKThree connected ideas. One more circular system.
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✳ WHY IT MATTERS 02 / 03
The future isn’t just low-carbon.
It’s less wasteful.
From Istanbul’s hotels and campuses to cities everywhere, we want to make it easier to see what’s being lost — and what can be recovered. Our work connects the dots between resource efficiency and climate action.
Let’s build what’s next✳ ANTALYA · NOVEMBER 2026 03 / 03
PARTICIPATION PROPOSAL · NOT YET CONFIRMED
Let’s take the conversation
to COP31.
COP31’s Green Zone is designed for climate solutions, open dialogue and new partnerships. Atovika is preparing to explore participation and share a practical vision for waste-to-value innovation.
THE DESTINATIONAntalya, Türkiye9–20 November 2026
WHAT WE’D LIKE TO BRING TO THE GREEN ZONE
A live waste-to-value demo
See how an organic waste stream becomes an energy estimate in seconds.
A conversation across sectors
Connect waste generators, recovery operators and climate innovators around shared action.
A practical path to pilots
Explore what a measurable, local proof of concept could look like in Türkiye.
Participation is subject to the COP31 organizers’ application and approval process. Atovika is not affiliated with or endorsed by the COP31 Presidency.Official Green Zone information
Review the Step 5 application draftExplore the three-language podcast, presentation & videoTHE NEXT STEP IS TOGETHERGood ideas grow
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Working on circularity, recovery or climate innovation? Let’s find common ground ahead of COP31.
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what’s possible.
Whether you’re exploring a pilot, a partnership, or simply want to meet in Antalya, we’d love to hear from you.
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