ISSUES AND PROBLEMS OF SINOP MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE MANAGEMENT

Nowadays, one of the most important problems faced by urban areas is increasing amount of the solid waste and also the discorrect applications of municipal solid waste management. Besides, particular problems in the most of urban areas are the ineffective regulations, the lack of knowledge in organization and planning and financial constraints especially for collection and transport system. These most important environmental problems negatively affect the human health and the management of the solid wastes and these are currently the biggest problems that the municipalities encounter. In general, the study evaluates urban solid waste management applications for southest part of the Black Sea, Sinop Peninsula. In this study, first of all, it is presented the important issues that must be addressed in order to achieve success and created recommendation plans for the elimination of the current problems existing in the solid waste management system. Generally, the solid waste management's main problem is the current policies and regulations. When we think about Sinop Province, the problems of municipal waste management system are the lack of collection and transport system, container locations and trained staff for managing the waste and an environmentally-conscious public. For a successful and sustainable solid waste management in Sinop, it should be required a program that will integrate all the economic, social, and environmental factors together. Thus, a more sustainable waste management method would be implemented.