The number of waste landfills, which was 15 by 2003, increased to 38 in 2008, 46 in 2010, 79 in 2014, 81 in 2015, 84 in 2016, 87 in 2017, and 88 in 2018, as a result of the studies for the establishment of solid waste disposal facilities in Turkey. 90 facilities serving 65.6 million people in 1194 municipalities in 2020.

According to the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change, the population served by landfills as a percentage of the total population of municipalities was percent 82,2 in 2020. The goal is to improve all existing infrastructure facilities and increase the percentage of the population served by waste disposal facilities to percent 100 by the end of 2023.

GRAPH 82- NUMBER OF MUNICIPALITIES AND RATE OF POPULATION SERVED BY LANDFILLS BY YEARS (%)

Source: The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, General Directorate of Environmental Management, 2021