Title: A comparative analysis of Turkish and European Union environmental legislation regarding cleaner (sustainable) production concept

Authors: Ferda Ulutas; Emrah Alkaya; Merve Böğürcü; Göksel N. Demirer

Addresses: Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Bilkent, 06800, Ankara, Turkey. ' Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Bilkent, 06800, Ankara, Turkey. ' Technology Development Foundation of Turkey, Bilkent, 06800, Ankara, Turkey. ' Middle East Technical University, Department of Environmental Engineering, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

Abstract: The term cleaner (sustainable) production has been cited in many policy and strategy documents of the top level agency/institutions on science, technology, development, etc., in Turkey for over a decade. However, it is not sufficiently known and applied except its energy efficiency aspect in Turkey. So as to overcome this deficiency, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry supported the project 'Determination of the Framework Conditions and Research-Development Needs for the Dissemination of Cleaner (Sustainable) Production Applications in Turkey' which was carried out in 2009 by TTGV and Göksel N. Demirer, as the consultant. This paper summarises this analysis which was one of the outcomes of this project.

Keywords: Turkey; European Union; EU; cleaner production; sustainable production; sustainability; sustainable development.

DOI: 10.1504/IJESD.2011.045366

International Journal of Environment and Sustainable Development, 2011 Vol.10 No.3, pp.246 - 266

Received: 30 Mar 2010
Accepted: 05 Feb 2011
Published online: 21 Feb 2015 *

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