While the import of plastic waste in Turkey continues to be a subject of great debate, a study by Bloomberg revealed very interesting facts. A garbage with GPS, which set off from London, reached Adana. But the place where the garbage reached was not a recycling center.
One of the most important issues of recent years in Turkey, the import of garbage, has been brought to the agenda again with a new video released the other day. The data obtained from the GPS device was shared in the video published by Bloomberg, which shows the fate of plastic waste to be recycled in Europe.
Plastic waste belonging to the TESCO supermarket chain to the recycling path with the GPS device, departed from london. The last stop of the garbage was Adana, which is one of the discussion centers of plastic garbage in Turkey. The strange thing is, the person who did the research Bloomberg author Kit Chellel Shared by.
Garbage arrives at an unknown centre:
Emphasizing that most of the plastic waste exported to Turkey is disposed of illegally, Chellel said that they knew a location at the last stop of the GPS device. no recycling center explained. Stating that they were confused about why this garbage is in a place where there is no recycling center, Chellel stated that they sent a journalist to the region.
The journalist, who started his journey from London and finished in Adana, pursued the garbage. with tons of plastic trash encountered. In addition, the facility is not a recycling center, that it stays here until it goes somewhere else (or is somehow destroyed) discovered. Among these plastic bags were the bags of TESCO, which Bloomberg tracks their garbage within the scope of the research.
Turkey had imposed strict control on plastic waste:
At the beginning of July 2021, after the discussions on waste import in Turkey, strict control practices came into play. In this context, it will be possible to track the wastes with a chip, so that the product is actually delivered to the factory or not. It can be determined whether you have gone to an undeclared place. had been disclosed.
Before this strict control, Turkey had actually banned the import of plastics. But this prohibition It remained in effect for almost 2 months.
Bloomberg’s video that rekindled the debate:
Reactions from social media:
Imported plastic debates that have been on the agenda recently in Turkey:
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