A Case Study on Istanbul Electronic Waste Firms: ISO 14000 Environmental Management

Year 2022, Volume: 5 Issue: 2, 451 - 462, 31.10.2022

Busra Saglık Tuğçe Yılmaz Karan , İnci Karakaş , Rüştü Uçan , Nuri Bingöl , Mesut Karahan

https://doi.org/10.35341/afet.1005925

Abstract

Due to the limited natural resources and increasing needs, the activities carried out have negative effects on the environment. This situation has revealed the necessity for controlling environmental effects with legal practices. Consumers now expect businesses operating in the market to meet their increasing needs at the highest level and to respect the environment. The environmental management system has emerged in order to keep the environmental impacts of businesses under control in order to exist in the global market and to ensure the continuity of their existence. With the environmental management system, it aims to reduce the harmful effects of the enterprises to the environment by systematic stages and to eliminate these effects. In this study, a survey was conducted in order to reveal and evaluate the relationship between the factors affecting the transition to the ISO 14000 environmental management system and the improvements achieved. It has been determined that the companies are not obliged to obtain the documents because the audit is not sufficient in obtaining the ISO 14000 certificates, which are required by the laws of the electronic waste recycling companies.

Keywords

ISO 14000 Environmental Management System Standards, E-Waste, Electronic Waste Firms, Occupational Health and Safety, Recycling

İstanbul Elektronik Atık Firmaları Üzerine Bir Örnek Olay İncelemesi: ISO 14000 Çevre Yönetimi

Abstract

Doğal kaynaklarımızın sınırlı olması ve artan ihtiyaçlardan dolayı yapılan faaliyetler çevreye olumsuz etkiler bırakmaktadır. Bu durum yasal uygulamalar ile çevre etkilerinin kontrol edilmesi gerekliliğini ortaya çıkarmıştır. Artık tüketiciler piyasada faaliyet gösteren işletmelerden hem artan ihtiyaçlarını en üst düzeyde karşılanmasını hem de çevreye saygı gösterilmesini beklemektedir. Çevre yönetim sistemi, işletmelerin küresel piyasada var olmak ve varlıklarının devamlılığının sağlanmak için çevreye olan etkilerini kontrol altında tutabilmek için ortaya çıkmıştır. Çevre yönetim sistemiyle işletmelerin çevreye verecekleri veya verdikleri zararlı etkileri sistematik aşamalar ile azaltılmasını ve bu etkilerin ortadan kaldırılmasını hedeflemektedir. Bu çalışmada ISO 14000 çevre yönetim sistemine geçişte etken olan faktörlerin ve elde edilen iyileşmelerin ilişkisini ortaya çıkarmak ve değerlendirmek amacıyla anket çalışması yapılmıştır. Elektronik atık geri dönüşüm firmalarının kanunlarla zorunlu kıldığı ISO 14000 belgelerinin alınmasında denetimin yeterli olmamasından dolayı firmaların belgeleri alma zorunluluğunun olmadığı tespit edilmiştir.

Keywords

ISO 14000 Çevre Yönetim Sistemi Standartları, E-Atık, Elektronik Atık Firmaları, İş Sağlığı ve Güvenliği, Geri Dönüşüm

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