Solid waste in Turkey is generally discharged to unsanitary landfill sites in an uncontrolled manner.
Medical institutions are paying due attention on seperation of medical waste from other solid waste at its source, transportation and temporary storage. Equally, municipalities as well have made progress in proper disposal of the medical waste. Yet bearing these in mind, many municipalities could not establish disposal sites adequate in number and technical aspects to date.
Studies on establishment of a nation-wide effective solid waste management system have been initiated. In this regard, Solid Waste Master Plan for the domestic-type waste is completed and further studies are ongoing for development of the National and Regional Waste Management Plan for other waste types.