Turkey Again Becomes the Country Receiving the Most Garbage from Europe

has long been a topic of discussion in Turkey. plastic import, but has only recently begun to attract public attention. Turkey, which has been the country that imports the most garbage from Europe in recent years, according to the report of Greenpeace, in 2020, the EU countries and the UK in total. 659 thousand 960 tons of plastic waste had imported. So, how was this number in 2021?

Here, Greenpeace shared Turkey’s garbage import data for 2021 the other day. According to the data shared by the non-governmental organization, Turkey will be one of the European countries during 2021. 518 thousand 80 tons of garbage imported it. Turkey, which is the first in Europe this year, received more than one third of the garbage imported by Europe.

In 2021, imports of plastic waste were banned for a limited time:

2021 was a year of great enlightenment in the public about imported plastic waste. Following the reactions from the public, strict control practices were put into effect for imported plastic waste in July 2021. In this context, the path of the wastes up to the recycling process would also be followed. However, before this decision, Turkey had also banned the import of plastic waste. But this prohibition is almost It remained in effect for 2 months.

The harm caused by plastic waste to the environment and people was revealed:

Another report published by Greenpeace in the past weeks showed the damage caused by tons of plastic waste imported from Europe and unfortunately thrown into the nature without recycling. According to that report, wastes toxic chemicals and heavy metals while releasing the soil from normal 400,000 times more toxic was making it.

Some garbage is hiding in unknown spots:

A recent study by Bloomberg had hit Turkey’s agenda like a bombshell. GPS garbage from London will eventually find itself In Adana they had found. Journalists visiting the area encountered tons of rubbish stored in a non-recycling centre.