The protection of marine aquatic life: Green Port (EcoPort) model inspired by Green Port concept in selected ports from Turkey, Europe and the USA

Ecological Port, also known as Green Port (EcoPort), is an important development strategy protecting marine aquatic life and ecosystem. It provides business information on environmentally best practices and corporate responsibility centred around marine ports and terminals, including shipping, transport and logistics. Green Port concept gives a great opportunity to make transportation clean and efficient. Marine industry should adopt new legislations to create a clean future. It is the key point to implement strict liquid and solid waste policies and to begin to use low sulphur fuel and electric power whenever possible. Green Ports utilize electric powered cranes and they have strict garbage policies and well-educated personnel. Furthermore, the vessels entering Green Ports must have an accreditated waste management and bunkering plan. In this study, the implementation of the Green Port concept at some selected Turkish, European and the US Ports was given and a simple Green Port Model was prepared. © 2018 International University of Sarajevo

Reusability of ashes for the building sector to strengthen the sustainability of waste management

Coal, as a fossil fuel, is used to generate power for industrial operation. Two types of industrial ash, including fly and bottom ash, which are solid residues arising from coal burning, are dumped to the landfill with no care for reuse. These wastes consist of environmental issues needing to be resolved. The ashes are used in the production of cement, concrete, aggregates, adobe, brick, and insulation material, in the construction of dam and road, and in geotechnical applications. Construction material is a form of cementitious materials based on ash as source material and it is an environmentally friendly choice against Portland cement releasing a large amount of greenhouse gas to the atmosphere during energy intensive manufacturing process. It is a good alternative to the solution of environmental problems based on the waste ashes in the international scale. In addition to its economic benefits, it is suitable for industrial symbiosis. This chapter explores the reusability of ashes for the building sector to strengthen the sustainability of waste management. © 2018, IGI Global

Producing of qualified oil and carbon black from waste tyres and pet bottles in a newly designed pyrolysis reactor

Waste tyre and waste polyethylene terephthalate (PET) bottles are major environmental problems. In this study, by using newly designed simple and efficient pyrolysis reactor, a five-stage decomposition (200, 300, 400, 500 and 600 °C) and pre-condensation with cooler motor (- 20, - 10, 0, + 10 and + 20 °C) followed by a final condensation were applied to waste tyre and waste PET bottles. In the pyrolysis process, liquid (pyrolytic oil) and solid (carbon black) products were obtained from only waste tyres. Waste PET gasified in the decomposition steps, but pyrolytic oil could not be obtained because it tended to freeze during condensations. Intermediate temperature and cooling steps were tried by making an optimum design for the amount/efficiency of the pyrolytic oil obtained from waste tyre, and the combination giving the best result (about 50–60% for yield and 43.1 MJ kg -1 for the highest calorific value) was determined to be 500 °C and + 20 °C as decomposition and condensation temperatures, respectively. Compared to the literature, it was produced a highly productive pyrolytic oil at lower temperatures. The physical and chemical properties of this oil were in accordance with national and international standards in terms of the fundamental parameters. The net calorific value of the carbon black produced was in the range of 6337–7308 kcal kg -1 (26.5–30.6 MJ kg -1 ). © 2018, Akadémiai Kiadó, Budapest, Hungary.Acknowledgements This study was supported by the Turkish Scientific and Technical Research Council (TUBITAK) 2209/B Programme, project grant no. 1139B411502404. C¸ 'MSA, one of the leading companies of Turkish cement industry, supports this study. The authors would like to thank C¸ 'MSA technicians for efforts on assembly of pyrolysis cell and condenser units, Murat Aydın and Ali Osman Ag^ır for efforts on modified oven, Environmental Engineer Mustafa Bülent Tuna (from Isdemir Environmental Directorate) for analysis of solid and liquid products obtained by pyrolysis and Civil Engineering Department of Nig^de Ömer Halisdemir University for laboratory conditions

Qualification design and sanitation for pure drinkable water: A project study

Drinking water quality management has been a key element of primary prevention and control of waterborne diseases for a long time. This chapter is based on the EU Project "Implementation of ECVET for Qualification Design in Drinking Water Treatment Plants and Sanitation for Pure Drinkable Water- PUREH2O" that contributes to the recognition and transparency of qualifications at the EU level and provides an innovative model for competencies for the potable water sector. The main dilemma that PURE-H2O intends to tackle is the lack of mutual recognition of qualification that is often impaired by national restrictions by applying EUROPASS, European/National Qualification Framework (EQF/.NQF), and the European Credit System for Vocational Education and Training (ECVET) instruments. The aim of the project is to enhance the quality and performance of VET system improving education in drinking water supply and development. This project could also be achieved through promoting creativity, innovation, and transfer of EQF/NQF principles in education of the main target group in the sector, © 2018, IGI Global

Evaluation of the relationship of picoplankton and viruses to environmental variables in a lagoon system (Çakalburnu Lagoon, Turkey)

Lagoons are defined as wetlands separated from the sea coasts on which they are located and sit between continental and marine aquatic ecosystems. Cakalburnu Lagoon is a coastal wetland on the southern side of the Bay of zmir. Microorganisms, which are quite sensitive to changes occurring in environmental factors, are commonly used to determine the impact of environmental effects on the functioning of the ecosystem. In this study, variations in the abundance and biomass of picoplankton (Synechococcus spp. and bacteria) and the abundance of viruses, which identify the ecological productivity of the food chain, were seasonally examined by epifluorescence microscopy. Moreover, the microbial abundance and biomass relation over time between the physical and chemical parameters was evaluated. According to our results, the maximum abundance of Synechococcus spp. and viruses was 6.7x10(4) cell/ml and 9.9x10(8)cell/ml in the summer, respectively. Otherwise, the highest level of bacteria was measured at 3.6x10(7) cell/ml in the spring. Based on the principal component analysis and Pearson correlation analysis results, we concluded that total suspended solids, Chl-a, particulate organic carbon and particulate organic nitrogen were the major parameters influencing the observed variability of the lagoon system. Overall, to protect and improve the ecological and microbiological quality of aquatic systems such as lagoons, the necessary monitoring and measurement studies should be conducted in these sensitive areas