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Challenges to Separate Collection : The Case for Turkey

Challenges to Separate Collection : The Case for Turkey. Novotel , Bucharest , Romania 9 10 2014 Mete IMER. Some Data on Turkey. Population : 76.667.864 Number of cities : 81 Number of municipalities : 1.397 Number of sanitary landfills : 76

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Challenges to Separate Collection : The Case for Turkey

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  1. ChallengestoSeparateCollection: TheCaseforTurkey Novotel, Bucharest, Romania 9 10 2014 Mete IMER

  2. Some Data on Turkey • Population : 76.667.864 • Number of cities : 81 • Number of municipalities : 1.397 • Number of sanitarylandfills : 76 • Amount of municipalwaste : 25.800.000 ton • GDP : 534 billion Euro

  3. Some Data on TurkishWasteLegislation • Harmonisationwiththe EU: • EnvironmentLaw • WasteFrameworkDirective • PackagingWasteControlRegulation • Regulation on Batteries • Regulation on Mineral Oil, etc.

  4. TurkishPackagingWasteControlRegulation • RolesandResponsibilities: • Ministry of EnvironmentandUrbanization • Municipalities • LicencedCollectors, SortersandRecyclers • Producers (ExtendedProducerResponsibility) • AuthorisedRecoveryOrganisations • SalesPoints • Consumers

  5. RolesandResponsibilities Collecting-Sorting Recycling Licenced WasteMgt. Companies Packaging Waste Control Regulation Ministry of Environment and Urbanization CityDirectorates SalesPoints Separate collection Awarenesstraining Communication Enforcement Training Communication Municipalities Fillers Packers Importers Auth. Recovery Org. Declaration RecoveryTargets Awarenesstraining Communication

  6. AuthorisedRecoveryOrganisation ÇEVKO, set upandrunbytheIndustry (founded in 1991, authorised in 2005)

  7. ÇEVKO • Vision: Asustainable recovery system,ledbytheIndustry,contributingtothe environmentalprotection,economicandsocialdevelopmentin Turkey

  8. ÇEVKO • Mission: • To contribute tothe development of the legal infrastructure. • To cooperate with municipalitiesto spread “separatecollection” throughoutthecountry. • To undertake and fulfillrecoveryobligations of theIndustry. - Toaccumulateknowledge, supportstakeholders and increasepublicawareness.

  9. SortedMaterials Agreement Service Fee EPR Model Households, Industry, Commercial Sources Packaging Waste MUNICIPALITIES LICENCED COLLECTORS - SORTERS Agreement Agreement Agreement Service Fee Authorised Recovery Organisation (ÇEVKO) ValuefortheSortedMaterials PACKERS/ FILLERS / IMPORTERS LICENCED RECYCLERS

  10. Achievements • AgreementwithMajorObligedCompanies

  11. Achievements • AgreementwithMajorMunicipalities

  12. Challenges • Lowlevel of consumerawareness • Lowlevel of enforcementbytheauthorities • Informalsector • Streetcollectors

  13. A Project forStreetCollectors • Purpose:Tounderstandthe problem andpropose a plan tointegratestreetcollectorstotheformalsystem. • Reason:Tocontributetothesustainability of theformalsystem. • Parties: ÇEVKO, someNGO’s, Union of Marmara MunicipalitiesandsomelicencedWaste ManagementCompanies.

  14. MainFindings Parties, includingrepresentatives of streetcollectors, met 3 times, within 3 municipalities in Istanbul, in 3rd Quarter, 2014. Mainfindings: • Used to sort at dump sites. • Moved to cities and become “street collectors” after construction of sanitary landfills. • Have and cause health and security problems.

  15. MainFindings • Due to inefficiencies of thesystem • (lowlevel of participationbyconsumers, • somemunicipalities not engaging in separatecollection, • lowlevel of enforcementbytheauthorities, etc.) packaging waste gotoorganicwaste bins. • Streetcollectors collect and sort packaging waste out oforganicwaste bins located in front of houses or at common locations. • Work in an organised fashion.

  16. MainFindings • Workinformally; yet theyconstitute a certainpercentage of thelowincomepopulationandcould not be ignored. • Sortandsell waste materials, especiallythevaluableonessuch as PET, Aluminiumandsometimespaper to scrapdealers in the neighborhood. • Scrapdealerssell the materials to a sorter or to a recyclerinformally.

  17. Position of Parties ÇEVKO: • Householdseparatecollectionsystemshould not be compromised. • Streetcollectorsshould be part of theseparatecollectionsystembycooperatingwithlicencedwastemanagementcompanies. • Transactionsbetweenstreetcollectorsandthelicencedcompaniesshould be formal.

  18. Position of Parties Municipalities: • Streetcollectorswithinthemunicipalityshould be identified, equippedwithproperclothingandequipment. • Zones, withinthemunicipality, may be allocatedforpre-sortingandstorageforthematerialscollected. LicencedWasteManagementCompanies: • Streetcollectorsshouldselltheirmaterialstothelicencedcompanywithinthatmunicipality.

  19. Position of Parties StreetCollectors: • Reluctant to work as employees of licencedcollectors-sorters. • Willing to sell the materials collected at market pricesto the licencedcollectors-sortersof the municipality theywork in. • Scrapdealersare willing to relocatetheirfacilitiestoallocated zones defined by the municipality.

  20. TheWayForward • Gatherfurtherinformation: • Continuemeetingwiththeparties • Searchforcooperation at international (Balkan) level • Propose a solutionbased on commonpositions of theparties:

  21. Thankyou! www.cevko.org.tr cevko@cevko.org.tr

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