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What happens to the things we throw away? Kitchen scraps, disposable coffee cups, plastic bags, food packaging, batteries, cigarette butts … where do they end up?
Çöp Sohbetleri (Garbage Talks) took place in Spring 2019 and was a platform to meet and exchange ideas around our relationship to waste in the city. We were brought together by the questions:
- How often do you think about waste?
- How do you manage your waste while living in a megacity like Istanbul?
- What are your biggest questions and challenges when dealing with garbage, recycling, or composting?
In answering these questions, we sought to gather ideas about how we might adapt our waste systems at NADAS to be more approachable, the role of community spaces in encouraging more sustainable waste-behaviour, and what people need to manage their waste more efficiently in their own homes.
Gatherings - usually around food - took place monthly and ranged from a workshop-style event to a ‘compost’ pot-luck.
garbage talks I
garbage talks I
Çöp Sohbetleri I (Garbage Talks I) took place on Friday, 8 March, 2019, gathering around a potluck dinner of foods - made with waste-less-ness in mind - including left-over sourdough crackers and pizzas, chocolate-dipped orange rinds, and cheese made from whey.
We invited people to bring something to share: to save a day’s waste from being thrown away and to discuss how it might be recycled; or to bring along an object or idea that could help people produce less. Some of our most memorable objects included homemade recycled paper embedded with seeds, a wooden tool for turning toilet paper rolls into seedlings containers, and a delicious 'compost bread'. One attendee came with a delicate package of razor blades, which sparked discussion about where and how best to dispose of them.
gabage talks II
gabage talks II
Çöp Sohbetleri II (Garbage Talks II) brought together a new group on Sunday, 7 April 2019, gathering around the central question of, “What is your relationship to waste in the city?”
Like our first event, we invited each person to introduce themselves and any objects or questions they may have brought along. We then let the evening unfold with small and round-table conversation. The event ended with exchanging feedback for future çöp (garbage) events - which included suggestions to focus on a specific topic and knowledge exchange - and which led us to Çöp Sohbetleri III (Garbage Talks III) on composting.
garbage talks III
garbage talks III
Çöp Sohbetleri III (Garbage Talks III) brought people together around the theme of composting on Friday, 3 May, 2019. Burcu Arikan, an urban farmer and mushroom grower, led the way by sharing some compost basics and guiding people to construct a vermi (worm) compost from used yogurt containers.
With worms settled into their new homes, we move onto dinner - filled again with delicious and creative waste-less foods. This event marked the end of the season, with plans for more Çöp Sohbetleri (Garbage Talks) events to come in the Fall.
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