Katı Atıkların Geriye Kazanımı ve Tarımsal Kullanım Olanakları

Abstract

Sustainability in agriculture is possible by the efficient use and protection of natural resources. It is clear that these resources
are not limitless and that one day they will be exhausted if they are not used carefully. Developed countries, in attempting to
raise living standards and faced with an energy crisis, have realized this, and as well as preventing waste, have researched
and developed ways of recycling and re-using their wastes. In the same way, the European Economic Community drew up
regulations for waste recycling in its member countries (Kocasoy, 1990). In order for developing countries and those which
are faced with economic difficulties to make the best use of their natural resources over the long term, waste must be curtailed
and methods of re-use must be researched. The recycling and re-use of materials such as iron, steel, copper, lead, paper, plastic,
rubber and glass will prevent the exhaustion of our natural resources, as well as reducing the payments in foreign currency for
the import of scrap materials to meet the needs of the country, and making great savings in energy use. At least as important
as this is the great reduction in the amounts of solid waste and thus of environmental pollution. In particular, a reduction in the
amount and volume of solid waste is a great advantage for countries without sufficient space for proper disposal.
The aim of this study was to examine the categorization of solid waste and the advantages to agriculture, the environment and
the economy of the basic processes used in recycling and recovery, from a national and global perspective.