IPC-Sabancı University-Stiftung Mercator Initiative

Stakeholder Roundtable Meeting

"2025/26 Mercator-IPC Fellow Sedat Gündoğdu convened a roundtable meeting on June 8 in Berlin with civil society organizations working on plastic pollution in Germany. The meeting was organized in collaboration with Exit Plastik and the Berlin Office of the Heinrich Böll Foundation, the meeting brought together representatives from 15 different NGOs.

Participants discussed the plastic waste trade between Türkiye and Germany, its environmental impacts, and opportunities for bilateral cooperation in tackling plastic pollution.

The roundtable provided an important platform for exchanging knowledge and experiences while raising awareness about the environmental consequences of global plastic waste trade."

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Stakeholder Roundtable Meeting
Sedat Gündoğdu

Sedat Gündoğdu

Sedat Gündoğdu is a marine biologist and environmental researcher at Çukurova University, Türkiye. His work focuses on plastic and microplastic pollution, with a special emphasis on plastic waste trade, its socio-political dimensions, and climate implications.