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Last exit: revolutionize the way plastic is used

I am not collecting seashells or smooth white stones at the seashore anymore, but a plastic waste. Our behaviour is changing in daily lives.

What is happening in PlasticTwist?

Plastictwist Pilots are on a roll, with different events and activities. Want to know more about what is happening, check out the second edition of our Newsletter and join in at one of the activities.

We have also established cooperation with other projects and initiatives, and these have also been highlighted in out newsletter

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Innovation Practices for Social Good

The Social Good Summit Istanbul meet-up on the 15th of October, 2018 hosted the record number of participants and speakers since this event started to be held also in Turkey in 2013. There were around 60 speakers and 1000 participants from the business world, academics, representatives of non-governmental organizations, artists, press and influencers. The theme of this year was the world that we want to live in 2030! Admittedly, clean environment was one of the most desirable ones. In terms of plastic waste and climate change themes, Leyla Arsan, CEO of TAGES, talked about the PTwist and DIGITgame Projects as good innovation practices.

The circular economy debate: examples of good practice in business

Innovative businesses and projects on Plastic, Food and Toy sectors initiated in regards the circular economy in Turkey were discussed in a panel on the 14th of November, 2018 at Atölye Bomontiada, İstanbul. The debate were on the good practices; PlasticTwist by Leyla Arsan CEO of TAGES, TOYI by ATOLYE’s co-founder Engin Ayaz and Fazla Gıda by its founder Olcay Silahlı, This has been one of the activities of Disruptive Innovation Festival 2018, curated by the Ellen MacArthur Foundation and Circular Economy Club and moderated by ZERO Circular Design Studio’s Founder Gülin Ölçer.

The latest from PTwist Pilots to Reclaim Plastic!

Plastictwist pilots on “Re-button”, “Clean-up the beach app”, “Plasticfest” and plastic recycling actions are running! To learn how we reclaim plastic, have a look at the newsletter and visit the website of the Project: www.plastictwist.com

Time to Act for Turkey’s Plastic Waste!

Do you know that Turkey is among the countries that come first causing the plastic pollution in Mediterranean? The most of the plastic pollution comes from Turkey with 144 tons daily. In order to increase the awareness and find solutions, “Time to Act for Plastic in Turkey” Conference organized and the players of the plastic value chain came together!

An Interdisciplinary Practice in STEM Education: DIGITgame

The World STEM Education Conference organized by Istanbul Aydın University and The International Council of Associations for Science Education (ICASE) was held in Istanbul on 8-10 June 2018 to bring all stakeholders together to promote STEM (science, math, technology and engineering) education around the world. This year’s theme was “Interdisciplinary Practices in STEM Education”. Aslihan Kagnici, Projects Consultant at TAGES, chaired a session and presented “DIGITgame (Digital Improvement by Game in Teaching)” Project to a large audience of STEM researchers and teachers on the last day of the conference.

Istanbul Inspired with the European Living Lab Experiments

Living Lab practitioners, experts of innovative mobility projects and representatives of the Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) met the researchers of the SmarterLabs Project and discussed about the Living Lab approaches. SmarterLabs develops a novel approach that anticipates such problems in upscaling, and tests the approach through smart mobility Living Lab experiments in four cities: Bellinzona, Brussels, Graz and Maastricht. Leyla Arsan, CEO of TAGES, is one of the the project’s external advisors.

Teens develop smart city video games with DIGITgame!

DIGITgame (Digital Improvement by Game in Teaching) is a 2-years Project funded by Erasmus + Programme of the European Union and it started on Dec 31st, 2018 to develop STEM, ecological, ICT and digital skills of young students through the playful video games in smart city concept and to make them more creative, innovative, competent and enthusiastic students on science. TAGES is one of the project partners.

Let’s Innovate with OPENISME!

How do you check the innovation of your business idea? How do you find the qualified scientific experts for your innovation needs? European SMEs and Entrepreneurs use and get benefit from the OPENISME Platform on their way to innovation and many success stories have been obtained through the platform. TAGES, as the intermediary partner of the OPENISME Project, helps both Turkish and European SMEs and entrepreneurs.