10 Jan 2022 --- Recycling companies throughout Turkey are intentionally burning down their facilities as a means of cheaply destroying hazardous packaging waste, according to Microplastic Research Group (MRG), a team of scientists who study pollution and waste crime in the country. Dr. Sedat Gündoğdu, chief scientist of the group, tells PackagingInsights his team has tracked hundreds of fires through open sources in the past six years.
