Waste Management

Waste Management at Türk Telekom

We are dedicated to the management of waste at Türk Telekom to help build a sustainable future. To prevent the rapid consumption of natural resources and to guarantee the reintroduction of recyclable wastes into the economy, we separate all our waste at the point of generation and implement measures to prevent waste generation. We carry out our waste management in accordance with national legislation and our Sustainability Policy.

Our waste consists of products and materials which reach their end of life and become idle such as fibre and copper cables, generator fuels, accumulators, batteries and electronic materials that we use to provide services in our field activities as well as operational products and materials such as paper, plastic, metal, glass, toner and cartridges we use in our office activities. We ensure that all our waste is managed in accordance with national and international regulations. Our field and office activities generate hazardous and non hazardous waste, which we document in the Integrated Environmental Information System of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change. Additionally, we generate Mobile Hazardous Waste Transportation (MoTAT) records to facilitate the Ministry’s tracking and monitoring of hazardous waste. We ensure the recycling and disposal of waste within this framework and collect all waste generated from our field activities in temporary storage areas with permits in accordance with legal obligations. All of these initiatives are consistent with the European Union’s Green Deal.

Recycling of Electronic Waste

We work in cooperation with the Informatics Industry Association (TÜBİSAD) to recycle electronic waste generated by the services we provide. In this regard, over 38 tonnes of domestic electronic waste was collected and recycled between 2017 and 2023. In addition, during these years, we organised electronic waste recycling campaigns with our employees to raise environmental awareness. In this way, the income generated from the recycled waste was donated to educational institutions to contribute to public education.

At Türk Telekom, we carry out all our environmental activities in line with national and international legislation and standards. With this approach, we manage and certify all our service areas under ISO 14001 Environmental Management System standards. We are aware that bringing waste into the circular economy supports economic development and strengthens the financial performance of companies.

Zero Waste Project

In line with the Zero Waste project, which we have been carrying out in all offices since 2019, we have been working to make the Daily consumption habits of our employees environmentally friendly. In the process from generation to disposal/recycling of all kinds of waste generated by Türk Telekom’s operations, we are committed to preventing the direct or indirect discharge of waste into the receiving environment in a way that harms human health and the environment, establishing technical and administrative standards in waste management, and sending it to temporary storage, recovery, and disposal facilities. For a sustainable future, we continue to play a pioneering role in waste Management and aim to increase our environmentally friendly practices. Protecting natural resources and effectively managing recycling processes is an indispensable principle for both reducing our environmental impact and contributing to the economy.