Solid waste management in municipalities: Başaksehir municipality example

Local administrations have taken up primary functions in preveting environmental pollution. Local administrations, especially those in power in cities, have taken strict precautions to protect the cities and minimize the effets of enviromental pollution. For instance, municipalities are the authorized and decision making organisations in terms of solid wastes. Local administrations are in charge of and responsible for the process, from collecting to disposal, of solid wastes. Wastes are considered to be sources that must be recyled, not as materials to be disposed. Considering these, today recycling solid waste has become a very important issue as far as the economy, environment and law is concerned.