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Increase in environmental concerns and problems of resource scarcity, enforce firms to be more sensitive for greeen practices and to take precautions on environmental issues. In this regard, firms should manage their supply chains efficiently by taking the resource allocation more seriously. Green supply chain management emerges as an organizational philosophy that aims to increase the profits and market share of the firms while increasing the ecologic efficiency of the members of the supply chain by minimizing the environmental damages. Therefore, the aim of this study is to collect data to reveal the current situation of green supply chain practices. The results of the interviews with a supply chain in aluminium jonery sector in Izmir point out that the green supply chain practices are not sufficient and should be progressed. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]