Inventory of industrial packaging wastes in Izmir city

Significant legislative acts have been passed involving environmental issues in particular within the process of Turkey?s candidation for EU, one of which is packaging waste control and management. For the purpose concerned, studies have been accelerated involving methods and bases established within the context of Regulation of Packaging Waste Control issued by The Ministry Environment and Forestry. The biggest problem is that there is not any sufficient inventory concerning packaging waste control.The study has examined Waste Management Action Plan in 2008-2012 prepared by The Ministry of Environment and Forestry as well as regulations on packaging waste control in Europe and Turkey. Waste Management Action Plan is of great importance in determining the present status covering the waste management in Turkey, considering which a prediction has been made on inventory of packaging waste likely to appear in province of Izmir. In doing so, annual amounts and types of packaging waste produced and sales on output of industries in different sectors have been taken into account.The study has managed to achieve annual packaging waste amounts likely to be caused by 81 industries in nine different sectors in Izmir Metropolitan Area and their percentile break downs based on data obtained.