
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change imposed a fine of 5 million 34 thousand TL on the solid waste facility in Yalova.
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Due to the blockage in Yalova Solid Waste Regular Landfill, untreated water mixed into the stream.
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change fined a facility due to the leakage of leachate from a solid waste storage facility into the Marmara Sea.
According to the statement made by the Ministry; Teams from Yalova Provincial Directorate of the Ministry of Environment, Urbanization and Climate Change started an inspection in the region upon the notice that dirty water was reaching the sea from the stream between the Ro Ro Port and Dantel Site.
In the review; It was determined that the untreated dirty water from the Yalova Solid Waste Regular Landfill located in Denizçalı village of Çiftlikköy district reached the Marmara Sea through the stream as a result of the blockage in the existing line.
An administrative sanction of 5 million 34 thousand TL was imposed on YAKAB regarding the pollution within the borders of the Special Environmental Protection Zone.

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