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principles regarding the temporary storage, collection, transport, refining, energy recovery and
disposal of waste oils with the objectives of increasing the amount of waste oil collected, pre-
venting the illegal use of waste oil, using the base oil obtained from waste oil in the production
of lubricants with high added value, strengthening the technical capacity of existing and newly
established facilities and ensuring an effective waste oil management.

In Türkiye, the concept of trial production has been introduced during the licensing of the fa-
cilities where the waste oils collected are refined. It is ensured that waste oils are processed in
high-tech clean production facilities. The system has been strengthened by making arrange-
ments to protect the environment and human health and to ensure a more effective waste oil
management by collecting waste oils only by refining facilities.
With the circular economy approach adopted on an international scale, In addition to the pre-
vention of waste generation, it is aimed to use waste as a resource and thus to obtain less raw
materials from nature, to use natural resources in a more controlled manner, to use the wastes
generated as a result of production processes as raw materials or to use recycled materials (pro-
ducts produced from waste) in the production of other products in order to provide economic
benefit from wastes instead of disposing them by methods such as storage and incineration.
Within the scope of the By-law on Waste Oil Management, producers are obliged to use base
oil produced from waste oil in lubricant production. Lubricant producers are obliged to use base
oil produced from waste oil in their production at a rate of 2% for 2023 and at increasing rates
in other years.

Collection and transport of waste oils by unauthorised third parties is prohibited. Mineral waste
oils must be collected and transported by authorised institutions and waste oil refining facilities
that have received waste oil collection authorisation from the Ministry of Environment, Urba-
nization and Climate Change and these facilities contribute to our economy by obtaining high
added value base oil.

Engine Oil Change Point Permit Certificate is issued to the enterprises where engine oil is chan-
ged. Engine oil changes of vehicles registered to traffic are recorded at engine oil change points
and the accumulated oils are sent to refining facilities. Total waste oil data consists of the dec-
larations made by waste generators to the MoEUCC Waste Declaration System and includes the
waste generated at the waste generator’s facility in the declaration year and sent to the waste
treatment facility for recovery/disposal.

Table 77 Total amount of waste oil between 2019-2021 (tonnes) (MoEUCC, Waste Statistics Bulletin, 2021)
2019 2020 2021

Total Waste Oil Amount (tonnes) 70,878 67,379 52,168

D.6. Waste Battery and Accumulators

By-law on Control of Waste Batteries and Accumulators (WBAC) was published in the Official
Gazette dated 31.08.2004 and numbered 25569 and entered into force as of 01.01.2005. With
the said By-law, issues regarding the marking and labelling of battery and accumulator products
are determined and restrictions are imposed on the amount of harmful substances in the pro-
duction and import of these products.

In the By-law on Control of Waste Batteries and Accumulators, a quota application, which is
defined as the collection of waste batteries at a rate corresponding to the amount of batteries

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