A BRIEF OVERVIEW TO SOLID WASTE TREATMENT & RECENT PRACTICE OF TURKEY

Abstract

High rates of energy and goods consumption, combined with increasing population growth and high living standards, lead to the ever-increasing production of solid waste. The amount of solid waste generated today has reached a level that poses serious threats to the environment and the sustainable management of the country's economies. Although action plans are being prepared and implemented by countries, unions and institutions for the environmentally friendly and sustainable management of solid waste, it is seen that the threat still exists for the near future. The aim of this compilation study, in which global and country-based statistics are briefly presented, is to raise awareness of the increasing threat.