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As part of the coastal cleaning activities carried out in collaboration with the DenizTemiz Association/TURMEPA, Aras Kargo has added a new milestone to its sustainability efforts. Over 9 years, the company has collected nearly 4 tons of waste across 20 different coasts, clearing an area larger than a volleyball court. Most recently, Aras Kargo employees and TURMEPA volunteers removed plastic, glass, metal, and household waste accumulated along the shoreline in Riva.

As Turkey's leading and innovative cargo company, Aras Kargo has been running the "Carrying the Blue of the Sea to Tomorrow" project for 9 years. Through 20 coastal cleanups across Turkey, the project has prevented nearly 4 tons of waste from entering the sea—an amount that covers more than the area of a volleyball court. Launched in 2016 with the voluntary participation of employees, the cleaning efforts have spanned 19 different locations from Istanbul to Bodrum and Samsun to Izmir. The collected waste was handed over to municipal teams to be integrated into the recycling chain. Expanding this environmental movement, the company—alongside TURMEPA volunteers—cleared nearly 102 kilograms of plastic, glass, metal, and household waste from the Riva Gelara Bay.

‘We Will Continue to Take Responsibility for Nature’

Billur Burkutoğlu, Vice President of Marketing, Corporate Communications, and Customer Experience at Aras Kargo, emphasized that they have created a voluntary mobilization with their employees. She stated:

"At Aras Kargo, we place sustainability at the heart of our business processes. In line with our vision of ‘Carrying whatever is good and valuable today into tomorrow,’ we wholeheartedly support environmentally friendly initiatives. Through social responsibility projects powered by our employees' volunteerism, we aim to increase environmental awareness and create social benefit. Within the scope of our 'Carrying the Blue of the Sea to Tomorrow' project with TURMEPA, we have prevented nearly 4 tons of waste from mixing into our seas over 9 years. This effort equates to purifying an area larger than a volleyball court. We crowned this meaningful endeavor with our cleanup at Riva Gelara Bay. With every step, we act with future generations in mind, determined to leave behind a cleaner, more livable, and sustainable world."

Eco-Friendly Vision, Sustainable Futures

In addition to environmental volunteer work, Aras Kargo pioneered the green transformation in logistics by establishing Turkey's largest electric vehicle fleet in 2011. As the first company in the industry to publish a sustainability report and implement waste segregation and recycling processes, Aras Kargo aims to reduce its carbon footprint by 2030. The company remains committed to conducting all operations in accordance with environmental, health, social, and economic sustainability principles.