ALTİD Board Member Hayriye ARGUN provided information regarding the purpose of the seminar: “As is known, the Regulation on the Control of Waste Oils entered into force on 30.07.2008, the Regulation on the Control of Hazardous Wastes on 14.03.2005 via the Official Gazette, and the Regulation on the Principles of Waste Management on 05.07.2008 via the Official Gazette.
For example; waste must be accumulated in waste collection units determined in accordance with the principles of the Regulation on the Principles of Waste Management of Hotels, and sent to facilities that have obtained a hazardous waste disposal license by issuing a national waste transport form to carriers who have been granted a hazardous waste transport license by the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, and waste oil producers must perform entries regarding hazardous waste into the Hazardous Waste Declaration System online at the address www.atikyonetimi.cevreorman.gov.tr using the username and password they will receive from the Directorate of Environment and Forestry in the months of January and March of each year. The purpose of our seminar is to provide information regarding what hazardous wastes are, as well as the obligations and principles that our facilities must observe in practice concerning these regulations.”
Environmental Engineer Mr. Sezer Kaya from the Antalya Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry provided information regarding what constitutes hazardous waste oils, the requirement for facilities producing hazardous waste to submit their online waste declaration system usage application forms by the end of March each year in accordance with legislation, and the legal sanctions in the event that obligations are not fulfilled.
Tamer Çavdar, the Environmental Management Branch Manager of the Antalya Provincial Directorate of Environment and Forestry, responded to the participants' questions.