Characterization of municipal solid waste in the province of Tekirdağ

The most common method used to determine the content of domestic solid wastes is solid waste characterization and material group analysis. In this study; In the 11 district municipalities of Tekirdağ Metropolitan Municipality, solid waste characterization of high income, middle income and low income neighborhoods in 2016 winter and summer periods were performed. As a result of material group analysis, it was found that kitchen waste was the highest in 46% and the volume metal wastes were the least with 0,38% in all wastes in 2016. When the contents of domestic solid waste were analyzed by districts, it was determined that Çorlu had the highest percentage of paper and plastic component. It has been found that ash waste component represents the highest percentage of wastes from non-natural gas, Sarkoy, Hayrabolu and Malkara districts. Seasonally examined solid waste characterization reveals that recyclable packaging wastes such as kitchen, park-garden wastes and glass-metal have increased in summer.