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WATER DISCHARGE BY RECEIVING ENVIRONMENT is possible, and we contact the licensed companies We are using this system in waste disposal
for recycling and disposal processes. In cases where processes by transitioning to the “Waste
Project Waste Water Source Quantity (m /year) Wastewater Discharge Point and Method licensed institutions are not available according to Management Application/Motat” system created by
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country conditions and legal regulations are not the Ministry for the delivery of our hazardous waste
Ertuğrul Construction Camp Site 10.950 Üzümcü Stream/Biological Wastewater Treatment System available, we contact organizations that will in 2019.
Balıkesir Motorway Project organize the most environmentally friendly disposal
Kızılören Construction Camp Site 2.670 Manisa Sewage System/Biological Wastewater We inform our employees about waste
Treatment System process. In the process of hazardous waste disposal, management in recruitment training and general
we work diligently and dispose of it in compliance environmental training. We provide tool-box
No waste water discharge to the receiving environment.
Konya Eyiste Viaduct Project Camp Site Domestic Use 1.220 with legal requirements. trainings for our personnel working in our machinery
Septic withdrawal is conducted with a vacuum truck.
In our projects, we have Temporary Waste Storage supply facilities, especially on the fields, for our
After biological process, it is directly given to
Construction Camp Site 38.385 Facilities where our waste will be stored temporarily hazardous wastes released daily, weekly.
Boukhroufa Stream.
Boukhroufa Dam Project before being given to disposal companies. In 2019, we contributed to circular economy works
After the sedimentation pool, water is reused or supplied to Temporary storage areas have been built in with our new applications. In this context, in order to reduce the use
Stone Crusher 21.600
Boukhroufa Stream with free flow. accordance with the legislative requirements and separate storage of plastic bottles in the headquarter, we started using the dispenser
areas have been created for each waste. Waste areas are named and
Souk Tleta Dam Project Construction Camp Site 16.200 With sewage system and attraction for drinking water and started using the dispenser in each section.
summary material safety forms for chemical wastes are hanged in the Thus, we prevented the use of approximately 30.000 plastic bottles
areas. In case of any leakage-spillage, environmental kits are available
Water Bodies A ected by Water Discharges annually. Through this work, we endeavored to influence the choices
at the facility for intervention. Fire extinguishers are located against they make in their daily lives by creating a serious awareness about
When we examine the water bodies that will be a ected by flowing or discharge to the water bodies. In accordance with the protocol made emergency situations. Authorized personnel have been assigned for the use of plastic bottles in our employees. We strived to encourage
the water we discharge within the scope of our projects; with the municipality of the region, withdrawal is done regularly with temporary waste storage facilities and trainings on waste our headquarter employees to avoid using plastic bottles in their daily
In our Balıkesir Motorway Project, Ertuğrul Construction Site, which is a sewer truck. During the camp set-up phase, infrastructure has been management have been provided. We also control the waste areas of lives by giving them thermos. We also provided employees with
our main camp site, a package wastewater treatment plant has been established to collect all domestic wastewater at the same point, our subcontractors within this scope, and support our subcontractors information that will raise awareness on this issue, by encouraging
set up, which is sized according to the number of persons available, including our subcontractors within our camp site. The septic tank regarding the possibilities when necessary. bilateral use to prevent unnecessary outcomes in the o ce.
and the treatment plant operates on the principle of biological active where domestic wastewater is delivered has been built in accordance
sludge. According to the Water Pollution Control Regulation, waste with legal regulations and has a leak proof report. There is a sealed
water samples taken in regular periods are analyzed through septic tank in the camp site of our subcontractor where we supply
accredited laboratories. In our Kızılören facility, connection has been ready mixed concrete. We follow the regular withdrawal records. IN OUR NUROL CONSTRUCTION HEADQUARTERS, WE SWITCHED TO
provided to the existing sewage system with legal authority Our Boukhroufa Dam Project has a package biological treatment
permissions. In our project, sealed septic tanks and sewerage facility depending on the number of employees. Although necessary “WATER DISPENSER” FOR PLASTIC WASTE REDUCTION AND PREVENTED
infrastructure have been established in the subcontractor and periodic controls are provided for biological treatment, in case of any THE USE OF 30.000 PLASTIC BOTTLES PER YEAR.
supplier camp sites located in Manisa and Balıkesir provincial borders. malfunction, it is planned to draw waste water with the sewage truck
Monthly sewer withdrawals are made by the relevant institutions and and move it to the treatment plant in the region. The wastewater that
monthly shoot receipts are regularly obtained from our goes through biological treatment is discharged to Boukhroufa We became a member of Materials Marketplace Platform which is a
subcontractors. All these requirements and practices are defined in Stream. Since water is treated before discharging, there is no negative Business World and Sustainable Development Association (SDA
the “Water Management Procedure” and our procedure has been impact on waste water. Since subcontractor personnel are staying in Turkey) project, in order to demonstrate the importance we attach to
notified to all our subcontractors. the camp site owned by Nurol Construction, a common practice is the circular economy The Materials Marketplace Platform, supported
Balıkesir Motorway Project water discharges; Uzumcu River is made regarding the disposal of wastewater. Periodic wastewater by EBRD, is a cyclical economy project designed to support inter-com-
approximately 56 km long and combines with Simav River, which is analysis complies with discharge limits. pany/industry reuse of materials (waste, by-product, etc.). As Nurol
born from Ivrindi district of Balikesir city and flows into Marmara Sea. In our Souk Tleta Dam Project, domestic wastewater is discharged to Construction, the remaining materials of the Balıkesir Motorway
It is seen that the flow from our project does not harm the biological the sewage system located in the sub-region of the site, using local Project demobilization process were shared with the buyers through
diversity of Üzümcü Stream. Yearly average of 10.950 m of treated septic tanks. This sewage system reaches the treatment plant in the the project. In this way, we recycled waste materials back into use and
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water is discharged. Waste-water assessment frequency is in line Oued Smar region. It is known that the water coming out of the contributed to the circular economy.
with legislation, the analysis show that we meet discharge standards. system is released to the bed of Bougdura stream and reaches to the In the Balıkesir Motorway Project, within the scope of waste Within the scope of our Balıkesir Motorway Project, with regards to
In our Konya Eyiste Viaduct Project, wastewater is collected in the Mediterranean Sea. In case of any blockage in the waste water management works, a campaign related to waste batteries was hazardous waste, 3,6 tons of packaging waste, 1,2 tons of oil, fuel
septic tank due to the non-availability of a sewage system. There is no systems of our Souk Tleta Dam Project, sewage service is provided. organized, as well as the batteries used in the project, the battery filter, other hydraulic oils and vegetable waste oil and 0,16 tons of
wastes resulting from their personal use were included in the electronic waste have been generated. In the non-hazardous class,
WASTE MANAGEMENT campaign. We launched the “Bring Back the Old Battery, Take the approximately 4 tons of packaging waste were exposed. While
packaging wastes, other hydraulic oil, vegetable waste oil and
New” campaign and ensured that the working sta took new
In addition to the legal requirements we are subject to, we ensure that try to reduce waste generation in cases where we cannot do this. batteries from the warehouse provided that they brought the empty electronic wastes are all recycled, packaging waste, oil and fuel filters
our wastes are collected separately in our headquarter and in all our Minimizing the amount of waste generated, re-use for other battery. This increased the amount of waste battery collection, and have been sent to licensed disposal facilities. The total amount of
projects, and that they are recycled or disposed according to the type purposes, recycling and treatment options and finally waste disposal. there was a decrease in unnecessary battery consumption. The hazardous waste transported is 5 tons.
of waste. Our main principle is to plan activities with a preventive For this reason, we create waste management plans, identify our campaign enabled us to regulate our current battery waste Compared to our 2018, both hazardous waste and non-hazardous
approach to waste generation and to make decisions regarding this. waste resources, monitor and report the amounts of our waste on a management. The amount of waste batteries collected in 2019 is waste amounts decreased. In addition to the conscious act of
The primary purpose is to avoid waste generation in the waste monthly basis. In our activities where wastes are excessively worth 2,3 kg. employees and management on waste reduction, the completion of
management process. According to the waste hierarchy, our first goal developed, we are developing plans to reduce waste. We ensure that We share detailed tables in our performance evaluation section, our project in 2019 while decreasing is a major factor. In our project,
in our waste management is to eliminate waste at its source and to waste is collected separately at each construction site where recycling consisting of quantities disposed and recycled according to the types the rate of recycling our waste is extremely high.
and quantities of solid waste that appeared in our projects in the year
2019.

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