Recovery & Disposal Facility Consultancy

As an example of the main hazardous wastes generated in our country;

• Packages contaminated with dangerous substances (paint cans, chemical containers, oil cans, and barrels, etc., in short, packages with danger signs (such as flammable, combustible, toxic to the environment)
• Waste Oils (Engine, machine, and turbine oils, synthetic and mineral oils, emulsions, and solutions)
• Oil-contaminated wastes (oily metal chips, metallic sludge, etc.)
• Oily vehicle parts,
• Wastes such as cloths, gloves, oatmeal contaminated with dangerous substances
• Paint and varnish residues,
• Old batteries and accumulators,
• Organic solvents,
• Fluorescent lamps, cartridges, and toners,
• Pesticides,
• Substances containing asbestos,
• Filter dust
• Hardening salts containing cyanide
• Metal-containing paint and phosphate mud
• Cable waste containing oil
• Film bath waters from the photography industry.

Obtaining Environmental License for Recovery and Disposal Facilities

The provisions of the Environmental Permit and License Regulation are applied at the stage of obtaining an environmental license. It is obligatory to include the information and documents given in Annex-19 of this Regulation in the Technical Compliance Report included in Annex-3 C section of the Regulation.

Non-Hazardous Waste

It is forbidden to dump non-hazardous and inert wastes into seas, lakes, streams, forests, or any other place by the owners, and to recover them without the facilities licensed by the Ministry.

Real and legal persons who want to establish and operate a non-hazardous and inert waste recovery facility must obtain a license from the Ministry. Information and documents given in Annex 3 are requested at the stage of licensing non-hazardous and inert waste recovery facilities. Complex facility units that complement each other and use similar technology are considered as a single unit in terms of licensing.

If it is decided that the non-hazardous and inert waste recovery facility can meet the operating conditions, the facility can be licensed by the Ministry. This license is valid for five years. If the license is to be assigned, an application is made to the Ministry, and administrative permits are renewed.

If waste producers plan to recycle their waste, they are obliged to recycle their non-hazardous and inert wastes under the procedures and principles specified in this Communique.

WASTE OIL

It refers to gasoline engines, diesel engines, other special vehicle oils, and oil products that are not suitable for hydraulic systems, metal cutting and processing, textile, food, and pharmaceutical industries, and similar uses.

WASTE VEGETABLE OIL

It refers to vegetable-origin food oils that are supplied to the market in accordance with the intended use. The process of obtaining semi-finished products (ingots of soap, etc.) and products (soap, biodiesel, etc.) to be used in the industry by collecting waste oils by recycling facilities that have an environmental license from the Ministry is the recovery of waste vegetable oils.

Waste oils of which product quality cannot be achieved as a result of the recycling processes of category 1 & 2 waste oils can be used by adding them to the existing fuel for energy recovery. For this purpose, it is obligatory to obtain an environmental license from the Ministry.

WASTE BATTERIES AND ACCUMULATORS

It refers to used batteries and accumulators that are not reusable and need to be collected, transported, and disposed of separately from household waste. Recycling waste batteries and accumulators is essential.

Recycling Facilities Operators are responsible for obtaining an environmental license, keeping records related to waste management, and making declarations.

END OF LIFE TIRES

It is defined as the original or coated tires that are removed from the vehicle by determining that they have reached the end of their life, and discarded tires that occur during production.

It is obligatory to carry out the recycling and disposal processes without causing any danger to the air, water, soil, plants, and animals, and without causing any negative impact on the environment through sound and odor. Recovery of End of lie tires is essential.

Facilities where granular rubber, steel, and textile are separated by mechanical crushing, facilities that obtain aromatic oils by pyrolysis and other methods, regenerated rubber facilities, and similar facilities must obtain an environmental license. In the process of obtaining an environmental license, the provisions of the Environmental Permit and License Regulation are applied.

PACKAGING WASTE

It refers to all non-recyclable products made from any material used for transport, protection, storage, and sale of a product from the producer to the consumer, from the raw material to the processed product.

Recycling facility: It refers to the facility established to ensure the recycling of packaging wastes, excluding recycling made within the factory, sales point, and similar units.

Real and legal persons who want to operate for the collection-separation, recycling, and/or recovery of packaging wastes must obtain an environmental license for their facilities. In the process of obtaining an environmental license, the provisions of the Environmental Permit and License Regulation are applied.

Criteria that recycling/recovery facilities must meet;

• The floor of the operating area is concrete,
• If it is not completely closed, it must be surrounded by at least two meters in height, clean, well-maintained, and/or painted, so that it cannot be seen from the outside,
• Having collection channels and a grid system for the wastewater generated after the washing process,
• Availability of a data recording system in which information about incoming, recycled, and sold packaging waste is recorded,
• Having washbasins, dining halls, and social units arranged following the number of working personnel and working conditions.

As ULUS MÜHENDİSLİK ÇEVRE DANIŞMANLIK EĞİTİM İŞ SAĞLIĞI VE GÜVENLİĞİ LTD.ŞTİ. , we are ready to support you in the establishment of recovery facilities, including recycling, disposal, and energy recovery, project design and consultancy services, and other environmental issues.