🌿 Turkish Industry at the Core of Circular Transformation: New Action Plan and What It Means for Manufacturers

Türkiye is taking a major step toward achieving its 2053 net-zero emissions target by transforming its production and consumption systems. The recently published National Circular Economy Strategy and Action Plan (2025–2028) outlines this transition in detail.

For manufacturers, exporters, and supply chain actors, this plan is not just an environmental responsibility — it’s a strategic turning point for competitiveness and market access.

♻️ Why Circular Economy — Why Now?

Global raw material use has quadrupled in the last 50 years, and more than 90% of resources end up as waste. This reality:

• Deepens resource scarcity,

• Increases emissions,

• Creates rising cost pressures on industry.

As Türkiye strengthens its trade integration with the EU, aligning with the European Green Deal has become essential to maintaining competitiveness.

🧭 The Core of the Strategy

The Action Plan focuses on resource efficiency, emissions reduction, decreasing import dependency, and strengthening export competitiveness.

The main strategic pillars include:

• Circular products

• Priority sectors

• Waste and loss prevention

• Circular economy mainstreaming

• Cross-cutting actions (finance, digital infrastructure, legislation)

• Monitoring and reporting systems.

🏭 Priority Sectors for Transition

The plan identifies seven priority sectors with the greatest potential for impact:

1. Packaging

2. Battery and vehicles

3. Electronics and ICT

4. Food and biomass

5. Construction and buildings

6. Plastics

7. Textiles

Additionally, steel and metals are highlighted as strategic transition sectors, especially in the context of raw material security and carbon reduction goals. For these industries, requirements around eco-design, waste recovery, lifecycle analysis, and digital monitoring are expected to become increasingly stringent.

📜 What This Means for Manufacturers

1. New Reporting Obligations

• Mandatory product-level carbon footprint tracking and digital reporting.

• Green public procurement criteria will be implemented.

• Eco-design standards will be integrated into production.

2. Green Transformation Financing

• Access to funding through the Green Transformation Support Program and national green taxonomy.

• Incentives and certifications for companies implementing circular practices.

3. Competitiveness and Risk

• Compliance with CBAM, ESPR, and Digital Product Passport will strengthen market position in the EU.

• Delays in compliance will increase the risk of market loss.

🧠 Digitalization: The Enabler of Circular Transformation

The Action Plan highlights digital infrastructure as a critical enabler for the circular transition:

• Online data collection systems for waste management,

• Emissions tracking across product life cycles,

• Traceability and verification mechanisms,

• Alignment with international reporting standards.

🚀 How Optimimax Can Support the Transition

Optimimax acts as a digital partner for manufacturers, enabling both compliance and efficiency gains.

✅ 1. Automated Lifecycle Data Tracking

• Calculates product-level PCF (Product Carbon Footprint) in real time.

• Provides DPP-compatible infrastructure.

• Tracks waste, energy, and resource flows.

⚡ 2. Sector-Specific Solutions

• Supports eco-design and resource optimization in key sectors like steel, textiles, and packaging.

• Reduces reporting and compliance costs.

📊 3. Green Procurement & Certification Readiness

• Enables traceable, verifiable reporting infrastructure, strengthening positioning in green public procurement.

🏁 Conclusion: Compliance = Competitiveness

The 2025–2028 period is a critical turning point for Turkish industry. Companies that adapt early will not only comply with regulations but will also:

• Lower operational costs,

• Strengthen their export position,

• Gain access to green finance opportunities.

Optimimax enables this transition — with data, technology, and speed.

👉 Are you ready for circular transformation?

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