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D.7. Vegetable Waste Oils

Vegetable waste oils are currently managed by the By-law on the Control of Vegetable Waste
Oils published in the Official Gazette dated 06/06/2015 and numbered 29378. In general, the oils
generated after the use of oils obtained from oilseeds such as olive, sunflower, corn, cotton, soya,
canola, safflower are considered as vegetable waste oil.

It is essential to reduce vegetable waste oils at the source and to ensure recovery by collecting
them separately. It is forbidden to mix vegetable waste oils directly or indirectly with cooking
oils and crude oils, and to pour them into receiving environments such as garbage, sink, soil,
water, etc. Vegetable waste oils generally originate from catering companies, restaurants, cafes,
public institutions and households.
Institutions, organizations or enterprises producing vegetable waste oil are obliged to make an
annual contract with environmentally licensed recovery facilities or vegetable waste oil interim
storage facilities for the collection of these oils. Vegetable waste oil producers are obliged to col-
lect vegetable waste oils separately from other waste materials and garbage by using leak-proof,
corrosion-resistant collection containers and send them to processing facilities to ensure the
recovery of vegetable waste oils by licensed carriers.

Vegetable waste oils are collected and processed directly from waste generators through inte-
rim storage facilities or by recovery facilities. Vegetable waste oils from households are collected
through the collection system established by municipalities and sent to recovery facilities. Ve-
getable waste oils processed by recovery facilities with environmental licences are converted
into biodiesel products. The biodiesel obtained is blended with the diesel oil marketed in Türki-
ye at a rate of five per thousand and put into use.

In this context, efforts are being made to increase the amount of collection by establishing a
more effective collection system for vegetable waste oils generated in Türkiye and to obtain
high value-added products by processing them in high-tech facilities and utilising them in bi-
ofuel production. Total vegetable waste oil data consists of the declarations made by waste
generators to the MoEUCC Waste Declaration System (TABS) and includes the waste data ge-
nerated at the waste generator’s facility and sent to the waste treatment facility for recovery/
disposal in the declaration year.

Table 79 Total Amount of Vegetable Waste Oil between 2019-2021 (tonnes) (MoEUCC, Waste Statistics Bulletin,
2021)

2019 2020 2021
Total Amount of Vegetable Waste Oil (tonnes) 17,006 13,008 16,680

D.8. Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Terphenyls

Administrative and technical procedures and principles for ensuring the complete elimination
of used polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) and polychlorinated biphenyl-containing substances
and equipment without harming the environment and human health are carried out within the
scope of the “By-law on the Control of Polychlorinated Biphenyls and Polychlorinated Terp-
henyls” published in the Official Gazette dated 27/12/2007 and numbered 26739.

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