Reuse

The shortage of professionals, failure to adhere to the original budget, long delays and the fact that one has to look for a separate professional for each individual repair, makes the renovation of a home a process that requires not only plenty of money but also time, patience and knowledge.

Seeking to reduce excessive packaging and setting specific reuse targets, the European Council issued a new regulation proposal this week, setting stricter goals on packaging waste and making it fully recyclable by 2030. 

Opened in İzmir's historical Kemeraltı Bazaar, the Antique Dealers Bazaar brings its visitors on a journey through time. Erkan Sert is one of the dealers at the bazaar who has been selling antique and collectible nostalgic products in his shop for 25 years.

Sert, who finds the antique objects sometimes by chance and sometimes by chasing them, displays the rarest pieces in his shop.

In a palm grove north of Baghdad, bemused Iraqi shepherds looked on as models paraded second-hand garments down an improvised catwalk, seeking to raise awareness of the fashion industry's environmental impact.

The dancers' futuristic headgear glints under the lights at a top ballet show, but just two months ago their plastic costumes were sticky bottles tossed into a Tokyo recycling bin.

"Plastic," a new production by renowned Japanese company K-BALLET, aims to draw attention to a global pollution crisis through some unusual set and wardrobe design.

Bekir Başar, a retired woodworker living in the northwestern province of Sakarya, wants the antiques he has collected over the years to be transferred to future generations at a museum.

Having been interested in collecting antique items since his childhood, the 58-year-old Başar started to collect antiques by visiting vintage dealers, scrap dealers and flea markets all over Turkey.

It is common knowledge today that plastic has a major impact on the environment. For this reason, environmental legislation for plastic production and consumption has been introduced at both European levels and within Bulgaria. The latest measure to reduce the "plastic soup" is the introduction of a plastic tax in the EU.

A ban on the sale of disposable plastic bottles at an international airport comes into force in San Francisco.

Travelers who only want water will have to buy reusable aluminum or glass bottles if they do not carry their own.

San Francisco Airport dealers are required to use only disposable plastic containers and utensils.

Saint Paul's Anglican Church is hosting its annual spring bazaar, which will take place in the garden of the church on Saturday, May 18, between 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. There will be books and DVDs, bric-a-brac and bargains, jewelry, English tea and souvenirs, homemade jams, preserves and cakes, raffles and delicious refreshments.

The Chamber of Environmental Engineers of Turkey (ÇMO) wants schools to teach "zero waste" principles to make conservation, reuse and recycling inseparable parts of life in the country.