Umay Yılmaz

Umay Yılmaz, who studied Environmental Engineering as the major, started her career in 2004 in water treatment systems. Later, she joined a NGO that works to establish a sustainable recycling system in Turkey. She carried out projects together with the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization, associations, official institutions, various foundations in order to improve waste management practices nationwide.

 She gave key-notes on number of conferences, symposiums, congresses on environment, circular economy, waste management, sustainability and received various awards for her efforts and projects. She is also acting as guest lecturer at various universities. Umay Yılmaz has a TEDx speech called "My Plan to Save the World". She currently works as OMÜD Secretary General.

Summary

Presentation Title: Sustainability Practices in the Corrugated Cardboard Industry

Sustainability principles and practices in the corrugated cardboard industry. Results of life cycle analysis studies on the corrugated cardboard industry. Findings on the sector's climate neutral efforts. Examples and implementations from the world and Turkey. 

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