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on tonnes in 2018) of rubble. A total of 79 facilities were granted “Mining Waste Storage Facility”
approval certificates between 2011-2023.

The Zero Waste Project was launched in 2017 under the leadership of the MoEUCC, and by the
end of 2023, the number of buildings/compounds that have adopted the zero waste manage-
ment system has reached approximately 178 thousand, and 20 million people have been trai-
ned. The recovery rate, which was 13% in 2017, increased to 30.13% in 2022 and 34.92% in 2023.
By recycling the collected wastes, 185 billion TRY was saved for the national economy, 2.6 billion
kWh of energy was saved, 819 million m of water was saved, 104 million m of landfill space was
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saved, 5.9 million tonnes of greenhouse gas emissions were prevented, 498 million trees were
saved, and 127 million barrels of oil were saved.

With the Law dated 24.12.2020 and numbered 7261, the Turkish Environment Agency (TÜÇA)
was established and started its activities in order to carry out activities for the establishment,
operation, monitoring and supervision of the deposit management system on a national scale.
In this context, within the scope of the Deposit Management System, an online “Deposit Infor-
mation Management System (DBYS)” was established and started to be operated, where the
system will be monitored and managed in a secure and transparent manner from end to end.
The packages within the scope of the system were marked with the special inked Deposit Mana-
gement System Mark (DYS logo and product barcode) and started to be produced and recorded
as traceable and identifiable.
Regarding the Management of Chemicals, The “By-law on Persistent Organic Pollutants” pub-
lished in the Official Gazette dated 14 November 2018 and numbered 30595 for the purpose of
effective implementation of the Stockholm Convention at national level and harmonisation and
implementation of the EU By-law on Persistent Organic Pollutants by Türkiye was amended in
2021 and the number of harmful chemicals banned under the By-law increased to 16 and the
number of restricted substances increased to 21.

Within the framework of the “By-law on Registration, Evaluation, Authorisation and Restriction of
Chemicals” published in the Official Gazette dated 23/06/2017 and numbered 30105 (Repeated),
79068 Safety Data Sheets (SDS) prepared for the protection of harmful substances and mixtures
supplied to the market from the negative effects of human health and the environment are
uploaded to the MoEUCC System and recorded.

According to the first paragraph of Article 43 of the “By-law on Classification, Labelling and
Packaging of Substances and Mixtures (SEA By-law)” published in the Official Gazette dated
11/12/2013 and numbered 28848 (Repeated), the MoEUCC is tasked with establishing and ma-
intaining a classification and labelling inventory in the form of a database. The Chemicals Data
System (KİMVES) established within this scope constitutes one of the important outputs of the
SEA By-law.

Under the heading of NATURE PROTECTION AND BIOLOGICAL DIVERSITY, in addition to protec-
ted areas and Türkiye’s biological diversity, the issues of combating erosion and desertification
are also included.

It can be said that Türkiye’s Biological Diversity is rich due to the fact that it has agricultu-
ral, forest, mountain, steppe, wetland, coastal and marine ecosystems and different forms and
combinations of these ecosystems, and this ecosystem and habitat diversity brings with it a
significant diversity of species. While the number of plant species in the entire European con-

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