Projects
Mersin Yenişehir Municipality have implemented a total of 60 projects under the titles of Mobility, Education, Citizenship, Solidarity, Urbanization and Ecology. Mersin Yenişehir Municipality briefly states its projects under the title of Ecology below.
ECOLOGY
EUROPEAN COVENANT OF MAYORS FOR CLIMATE AND ENERGY: Mersin Yenişehir Municipality became the first municipality in Mersin and the 19th in Türkiye to sign the European Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy, which supports environmentally friendly policies.
SUSTAINABLE ENERGY AND CLIMATE CHANGE ADAPTATION ACTION PLAN (SECAP): Mersin Yenişehir Municipality has prepared Yenişehir Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan (SECAP), which includes the current greenhouse gas emission status, strategic goals, assessment and implementation of goals, determination of responsibilities, estimated effects of greenhouse gas emissions on the climate and climate adaptation measures. Mersin Yenişehir Municipality became the first district municipality in Türkiye to prepare carbon neutral emission actions for 2050 within the scope of the plan. Mersin Yenişehir Municipality was also the first district municipality to include a climate awareness survey in the Sustainable Energy and Climate Change Adaptation Action Plan.
Access SECAP here: Mersin Yenişehir SECAP.pdf
ZERO WASTE: As part of its Zero Waste Project, which the Municipality has implemented for a sustainable living space, the Municipality ensures the recycling of waste by leaving packaging waste recycling bins in sites and apartments. While creating awareness through information activities, Mersin Yenişehir Municipality distributes free waste bins to greengrocers and markets with greengrocer sections throughout the district in order to produce compost.
YENİŞEHİR ENVIRONMENTALIST PEOPLE'S CARD: Mersin Yenişehir Municipality has started the Yenişehir Environmentalist People's Card project, which will provide income from waste for Yenişehir residents in order to ensure recycling and contribute to their family budget. Within the scope of the project, Yenişehir Environmentalist People's Card is distributed to citizens free of charge.
The waste that citizens separate and collect is collected by weighing it according to its type by teams. In return for the collected waste, money is instantly loaded onto the cards. The balance loaded onto the cards can be used at local tradesmen who offer discounts on shopping.
HAZARDOUS WASTE AND PACKAGING WASTE SEPARATION FACILITY: Within the scope of zero waste activities, the Packaging Waste Collection and Seperation Facility, which consists of a fully enclosed and 750 square metre area, has been established. The facility, where glass, plastic, pet, paper, cardboard, metal and nylon group wastes are collected and sorted, has a daily waste processing capacity of 10 tonnes. After being sorted and baled according to their types, the wastes are regularly stored to be shipped to recycling facilities. The stored wastes are sent to the relevant licensed recycling facilities.
CITY HEALTH PROFILE: In 2021 Yenişehir became a member of the Healthy Cities Network, which was initiated by the World Health Organization and aims to improve the physical, environmental and psychological well-being of citizens living in the city, and which Türkiye is also a member of. In line with the agreement that was made with Mersin University, Mersin Yenişehir Municipality started studies to prepare the "City Health Profile" and "City Health Development Plan", conducted "City Health Research" in all 32 neighborhoods and prepared "City Health Profile" under 8 different main headings.
AGRICULTURAL CONSULTANCY SERVICE: Mersin Yenişehir Municipality has set up an agricultural consultancy service for the district's producers, with agricultural engineers on hand to help with planting and sowing methods, pruning, disease and pest control, fertilisation, irrigation and harvesting.
ORGANIC WORM MANURE (VERMICOMPOST) PRODUCTION AND DISTRIBUTION: Due to the high input costs in agriculture, the Municipality has delivered the organic worm manure it produces to farmers in all our rural neighborhoods. In this way, we both reduce the use of chemical fertilizers and support producers.
BEE PASTURE PROJECT: Mersin Yenişehir Municipality, created Türkiye's largest Bee Pasture on 600 acres of forest land in our Değirmençay Neighborhood. Mersin Yenişehir Municipality, started producing natural honey in a total of 500 hives by planting plants specific to the region.
YENİŞEHİR ENERGY DAYS: In order to draw attention to the importance of saving and efficiency in energy and to raise awareness on this issue, Mersin Yenişehir Municipality organized the Yenişehir Energy Days in 2023 and 2024, which are full of events including panels, interviews, science and experiment workshops, exhibitions, theater plays and energy-themed games.
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