Zero Waste Regulation.

This Regulation sets forth the principles and procedures of the establishment, development, monitoring, and financing of a waste management system aiming at the protection of environment, human health and all resources throughout the waste management processes within the principles of effective management of raw materials and natural resources and sustainable development. The system shall apply to the wastes listed in Annex-IV of the Regulation on waste management. In order to use resources efficiently in production, consumption and service processes, the general principles of the system are to prevent waste generation by considering the principles given in Annex-II; reduce wastes, if not possible to prevent waste generation; and evaluate the possibilities of reuse of products and materials. All necessary precautions shall be taken to protect the environment and human health, during the storage of wastes according to their types and to the explanations in the Annex-V. In case the seperately collected wastes cannot be recycled, their final disposal shall be carried out in a way that does not cause environmental pollution. All activities of zero waste system shall be registered into the Zero Waste Information System. The Ministry and the provincial directorates shall encourage environmental awareness-raising activities for the development and extend of the zero waste system. The duties of the Ministry are (I) to develop policies, plans, programs and targets at the national and local level, (II) to develop guidelines on the standards of the system, (III) to raise public awareness and organize training sessions, (IV) to strengthen coordination and cooperation between the relevant institutions for the effective implementation of this Regulation, and improve monitoring and evaluation, (V) to follow the latest developments at the national and international level, (VI) to establish a Zero Waste Coordination Center, (VII) to determine the criteria for the evaluation of process industrial wastes within the scope of zero waste certificate, and (IX) to develop strategies for waste prevention and to monitor and evaluate the implementation of waste prevention measures. Furthermore, this Regulation lays out rules on the duties and responsibilities of the provincial directorates, local administrations as well as the responsibilities of the airports, organized industrial zones; the establishment of the zero waste system; general principles of waste collection systems; the procedures of the zero waste licensing; inspection and monitoring of license holders; and administrative fines in accordance with the Environment Law No. 2872.