Waste - Outlook 2020 (Turkey)

Packaging Waste Management Plan:

According to Article 14 of Packaging and Packaging Wastes Directive, member countries are requested to prepare packaging and packaging waste management plan in pursuance of Waste Framework Directive. This plan can be either a part of the waste management plan or a plan on its own.

A detailed management plan is to be prepared including all topics refered in By-law on Control of Packaging Waste, defining the procedures for national and provincial investments, implementations etc. According to Metropolitan Municipality and Municipality Laws, municipalities are the responsible institutons for collection of packaging waste. For this reason, in order to success separate collection at municipal level, a packaging waste management plan format is developed by MoEF. Packaging Waste Management Plan is a detailed action plan defining who, when and how the services regarding accumulation, collection, transportation, sorting and recycling of packaging wastes are to be held.

Provincial and district municipalities and also PDoEF are responsible to control whether the works are made in accordance with packaging waste management plan, take measures and impose administrative sanctions to packaging waste producers that do not collect their packaging wastes separately.

One of the strategic targets for the next 5 years is the preparation of national packaging waste management plan.

Hazardous Waste Management Plan:

It is aimed to conduct a more detailed planning study in order to overcome the problems experienced till now within the context of hazardous waste management and to develop the concept of national hazardous waste management by MoEF. The scope of the planning study will be as follows:

v  Accurate determination of the presently produced quantities, types, sources and their regional distribution of the generated hazardous wastes based on the existing studies and on-site studies that include visits to big scaled waste generators,

v  Demarcation of catchment areas for central treatment and disposal facilities giving due consideration to waste production patterns, geographical, economical, geological and hydrogeological aspects, transport requirements, optimum capacities of disposal facilities

v  Determination of the facilities (transfer stations, intermediate storage plants, CPT, disposal plants), number of facilities, preferred location, main concept of each facility, investment and operation costs of facilities that are required for developing national hazardous waste management plan compatible with EU legislation

v  Determination of the requirements for ensuring the disposal of hazardous wastes in certain production facilities such as cement kilns, brick factories, heating and power stations, thermal metal recovery

v  Determination of the payment capacity of industries for hazardous waste disposal

v  Determination of site selection criteria for the hazardous waste management plants

v  Determination of the most suitable organizational and institutional system in accordance with the conditions of Turkey for the development of a more efficient and integrated hazardous waste management system

v  Determination of the structure concerning personnel requirements, required equipment and budget which is required for the monitoring and control activities of the hazardous waste disposal activities

Roadmap that is required to be succeeded for the compatibility of Turkey’s hazardous waste management to EU norms will be realized with this study which will be conducted by taking into consideration the EU legislation.

Biodegradable Waste Management Plan:

The harmonization process of EU Landfill Directive 1999/31/EC, which is stating the limits for reduction of biodegradable waste sent to landfills, is still in progress. Although, only the member states must comply with these limits, candidate countries like Turkey shall also present the maximum effort in order to meet the targets. In this context, Biodegradable Waste Management Plan is to be prepared presenting the national strategies for reduction of biodegradable waste amount sent to landfills, biodegradable waste quantities, relevant pre-treatment options (composting, biogas production, energy/material recovery etc.) and precautions to be taken.