Touching on the environmental impact of plastics, Mr. Kurt Kuruc from Farmamak argued that focusing on downgauging and reducing packaging consumption were misguided and that Turkey could raise its per capita packaging consumption without negatively impacting the environment by focusing on timely use of polyolefin packaging solutions. Mr. Yavuz Erogulu from Turkish industry association PAGEV also argued that plastics have an important part to play in creating a sustainable and prosperous future and that new innovations in plastics could help reduce emissions in the transportation and insulation sectors.