Organic Waste Management, Recycling and Applications

With the increasing population all over the world, environmental pollution problems come to the fore and changing consumption habits are formed due to the rising standard of living. More than half of the waste is organic waste. All organic waste can be recycled as long as it is managed correctly. In this way, recycling, which provides positive effects on the environment as well as its economic benefits; It saves energy by reducing pollution. This work; It is important in terms of preventing environmental pollution, protecting living health and reducing dependence on foreign countries in terms of energy. However, organic wastes, which have the highest percentage in domestic solid waste in Turkey; Biomethanization and treatment together with other wastes are considered important as it is considered as a suitable method in terms of renewable energy production and the quotas applied by the European Union to organic wastes to be sent to landfills. passes. For this reason, many countries are turning to bio-economy. With the management of organic wastes, which constitute a large part of domestic waste; The aim of this study is to reduce dependence on raw material imports, to reduce resource efficiency and to close production life cycles with more recycling and reuse, to support industrial symbiosis, and thus to provide common benefits for both the environment and the economy. It is necessary to look at waste not as waste, but as surface mining, and it should be taken into account that this appeals to a very large economy. In this regard, it is necessary to expand the opportunities of all domestic and foreign investors and to support them in energy costs and investment incentives. In other words, it is necessary to look at wastes in the same way as companies related to an oil industry and a natural gas are looked at today. In other words, in order for us to grow economically like Europe, we, as Turkey, need to learn how to obtain energy from waste.