Within the scope of the Diyarbakır Metropolitan Municipality's work on separating plant waste at source, approximately 5 barrels of waste oil were collected from Aşxane. Climate Change and Zero Waste Department Head Evin Dinar, who informed that it will also be collected from businesses and households, called for support from citizens living in the city.
The studies initiated to separate waste at source in the city continue under the coordination of the Climate Change and Zero Waste Department and the Environmental Protection and Control Department. In addition to solid waste, a comprehensive study was also initiated to separate waste vegetable oils that harm the environment and human health. Within the scope of the protocol made by the municipality with a licensed company, waste vegetable oils will be collected regularly. The collection of waste oils within the municipality started with Aşxane, which prepares food for Public Restaurants. In the next stage of the study, waste oil will be collected from businesses and households in the city center and districts.
Biodiesel will be evaluated as fuel
While the separation company teams were taking the vegetable waste oils collected in Aşxane from the area allocated for this purpose, the Head of the Climate Change and Zero Waste Department Evin Dinar also examined the work on site. The teams collected approximately 5 barrels of vegetable waste oil from Aşxane. The waste oils sent to recycling will be used as biodiesel fuel in the company's facilities.
'One litre of waste pollutes one million litres of water'
Providing information about the study, Climate and Zero Waste Department Head Evin Dinar stated that they attach importance to the issue of separating waste at the source due to their responsibility towards nature. Stating that they have started work on spreading the study throughout the city, Dinar continued her words as follows: “Vegetable waste released into nature in an uncontrolled manner causes serious damage especially to water and soil. One liter of waste oil pollutes one million liters of water. Once the water is polluted, it is impossible to recover it. And this has many harms such as the deaths of living beings. Therefore, it is important to collect vegetable waste oils correctly at the source and recycle them.”
'Waste oils also damage the infrastructure system'
Stating that they will collect vegetable waste oils from cafes, restaurants and businesses throughout the city within the scope of the protocol they made with a licensed company, Dinar said, “In the next process, we aim to recycle waste oils by collecting them from households and to minimize the damage they cause to nature. Because when waste oils are poured into the sink, they clog the sewage system and cause serious infrastructure damage. In this sense, it is important to collect vegetable waste oils separately without mixing with nature.”
Call for support for the study
Dinar, who pointed out that the work would remain incomplete and inadequate as long as there was no social participation, addressed the citizens living in the city with the words, "We expect them to show sensitivity to act together on this issue."
