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Table 102 Waste Import Amounts (tonnes) (MoEUCC, 2024)
WASTE TYPE 2020 2021 2022 2023

Plastic 775,342 685,443 687,000 626,517
Paper 1,520,000 1,192,921 1,358,618 1,173,502
Glass 72,653 54,584 57,808 35,750

Printed Circuit Board 439 - - -
Waste Battery 115 46 194 612

Textile Waste - 25,120 54,314 42,113
Galvanized Mat 12,897 20,554 18,737 16,697
TOTAL 2,381,446 1,978,668 2,176,671 1,895,191

H.6. Environmental Inspection Activities

H.6.1. Environmental Inspections

Within the scope of the Environmental Law No. 2872, the compliance of activities with Envi-
ronmental Legislation is audited by the audit personnel assigned to MoEUCC EIA, Permit and
Inspection General Directorate and 81 Provincial Directorates.

Inspections are carried out as environment-based or combined environmental inspections de-
pending on their scope. In environment-based inspections, facilities or activities are inspected in
terms of compliance with one or more of the legislations related to air, water, soil environments,
waste, chemicals and noise. In combined environmental inspections, facilities or activities are
inspected within the scope of all Environmental Legislation.

Table 103 Distribution of the Number of Environmental Inspections Carried Out by MoEUCC by Years (MoEUCC, 2024)
2020 2021 2022 2023

Ministry Headquarter 201 289 416 136
Provincial Directorates 40,935 56,733 68,996 53,646

TOTAL 41,136 57,022 69,412 53,782

Table 104 Institutions Authorised by MoEUCC for Inspection and Enforcement and Subject Headings (MoEUCC, 2024)

CIRCULAR INSTITUTIONS TO WHICH AUTHO- NUM-
RELATED By-law
NO RITY IS DELEGATED BER
By-law on Control of Waste Vegetable 9 Metropolitan Municipalities, 93 Muni-
Oils 2872-12 mad. cipalities 102
Istanbul, Kocaeli, Sakarya, Gaziantep,
Excavation Soil, Construction and Demo-
lition Waste 2008/6 Bursa, Ordu, Ankara, Trabzon, Antalya, 10
Diyarbakir Metropolitan Municipalities
By-law on Control of Air Pollution Caused 17 Metropolitan Municipalities, 147 Mu-
by Heating 2006/19 nicipalities 164

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