1 Neoliďeralisŵ, logistiĐs aŶd the treadŵill of produĐtioŶ iŶ ŵetropolitaŶ waste ŵaŶageŵeŶt: A Đase of Turkish firŵs By Albert S. Fu afu@kutztown.edu Kutztown University of Pennsylvania Please cite as: Fu, A. (2016). Neoliberalism, logistics and the treadmill of production in metropolitan waste management: A case of Turkish firms. Urban Studies, 53(10): 2099-2117 doi: 10.1177/0042098015586537. Introduction On a summer day in 2013, a trailer for the Beykoz vocational school sits in a public square in the Beşiktaş district of Istanbul, Turkey. A collaboration between the Istanbul metropolitan authority aŶd the sĐhool, the tƌaileƌ pƌoŵiŶeŶtlLJ states, PƌofessioŶ of the Future, Sector of the Future, LogistiĐs ;GeleĐeğiŶ Mesleği, GeleĐeğiŶ “ektöƌü, Lojistik). In fact, logistics tops its list of training programs, which include business management, energy, computer engineering, air and maritime sectors. The advertisement of logistics as a growing sector is tied to Turkeys ƌeĐeŶt growth. Following the 2000/2001 economic crisis, its annual economic growth averaged 7.5% (although this rate has dropped significantly since 2011). Logistics are an integral component to economic growth, as it connects and coordinates all aspects of trade. In a 2010 Deloitte study commissioned by the Turkish government, it was noted that transportation and logistics amount to 8-ϭϮ% of TuƌkeLJs GDP (see: Investment Support and Promotion Agency, 2010a). This is most visible in the physical landscape around the city of Istanbul. Dotting the side of the highway that runs along the Marmara Sea - between Istanbul and Gebze, and toward Izmit - are the facilities of logistics firms. These warehouses, truck depots, and repair shops are in a highly industrialized region that are only minutes away from concrete factories, waste management facilities, and processing plants for a variety of industries.