Polyethylene terephthalate

A Turkish start-up has produced a bacteria, named "PETman," that can break the molecular bonds of one of the world's most-used plastics - polyethylene terephthalate, also known as PET or polyester.

Istanbul residents have earned a total of 179,540 Turkish Liras ($31,781) in a year through smart recycling machines which allow residents to top up their transportation passes in return for used bottles and aluminum products.

(CNN) - Scientists have accidentally developed a plastic-eating enzyme that may be used to combat one of the world's worst pollution problems.

The extortionist who put poison in food and wants EUR 10 million from big trading chains in Germany to stop this activity has at least one accomplice. The police believe that jars of poisoned baby purees are found in several branches of non-Friedrichshafen shops (five poisoned children's purees were originally found in this town).

Excavations that have been conducted on Bathonea on the coasts of Küçükçekmece Lake in Istanbul's Avcılar district have unearthed nearly 700 small ceramic or glass bottles containing antidepressant pills and heart disease drugs.

Excavations that have been conducted on Bathonea on the coasts of Küçükçekmece Lake in Istanbul's Avcılar district have unearthed nearly 700 small ceramic or glass bottles containing antidepressant pills and heart disease drugs.

Three coloring substances in drinks and foods are posing a health risk for consumers and mostly for children.

The conclusion has been made following a new research conducted by PhD Georgi Miloshev, Director of the Laboratory on Molecular Genetics to the Bulgarian Academy of Sciences (BAN).

In Isparta, the "City of Roses" in southwestern Turkey, a company that has been producing rosewater for decades is looking for even more business thanks to innovations in how it transports the valuable liquid.