Izmir Metropolitan Municipality has commissioned a sterilization facility with full capacity for masks, gloves and other medical wastes that are increasingly used. President who made the symbolic opening of the facility Tunç Soyer“The masks and gloves used all over İzmir today are turned into medical waste. The facility produces an extremely radical solution for these as well.”
Izmir Metropolitan Municipality opened a Medical Waste Sterilization Facility with a build-operate-transfer model in Menemen these days, where the use of masks and gloves has increased to protect against the coronavirus epidemic. Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Mayor attended the symbolic opening ceremony held by observing a safe distance. Tunç Soyer, Deputy Mayor of Metropolitan Municipality Mustafa Özuslu, Secretary General Dr. Buğra Gökçe, Menemen Mayor Serdar Aksoy and contractor Miroğlu Çevre A.Ş. Chairman of the Board Ramazan Avcı attended. At the ceremony broadcast live on all digital platforms of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality Tunç Soyer, said that they are proud to open this facility, which is the largest in Turkey and one of the most modern examples in the world.
Soyer said, "Actually, Izmir Metropolitan Municipality, the first day of the pioneers in Turkey since the outbreak began, I would like to say firstly that there is a chance of taking the steps forward. Because one of the first things we did as the Mayor of Izmir Metropolitan Municipality was to establish the Department of Community Health. Because we thought we should be prepared for what to do in the face of disasters and crises. Today, we have seen how great it is to have done this. ”
“Producing Radical Solution”
Reminding that the foundation of the facility was laid before Tunç Soyer“Again, I would like to say that we acted with a foresight and vision. Dozens of health institutions produce approximately 20 tons of medical waste per day in İzmir. When the sterilization of these medical wastes is not ensured, these medical wastes become the source of those epidemics in situations such as the epidemic we are alone with today. That's why our opening today is extremely valuable. I would like to thank our investor, who realized this facility with the build-operate-transfer model, for achieving such a success in these difficult days.” Saying that the masks and gloves used all over İzmir today have turned into a medical waste, Soyer pointed out that the facility produces an extremely radical solution for these as well.
Stating that they have placed sterile buckets in front of all the pharmacies and near the hospitals in Izmir, Soyer said: “Therefore, we want you to throw these gloves and masks you use into these buckets, not on the floor. Thus, we will have destroyed one of the growth focus of the epidemic in İzmir and dried that swamp. So it is extremely exciting. The opening coincides with today's Izmir and Turkey is very lucky. Turkey will be a model here, we are talking about a plant that will be an example. Here the application to the whole of Turkey, to be inspiration to all mayors in the country, we are ready to explain the accumulation of experience and we live here. We are ready to provide all kinds of support for the establishment of such facilities in those cities. Because there is a great need for this, because medical wastes are the most common source of the epidemic we live in today. If you cannot properly sterilize them, if you do not separate them properly, you will support their spread from other wastes. ”
Gloves and Mask Call for Izmirites
Soyer also called on the citizens for the gloves and masks they used, and said: “We kindly request all the people of Izmir to throw these into the trash cans. These may have eventually become a tool to spread disease. We kindly request that these be collected separately, and if medical waste bins cannot be reached, they must be converted into waste bags in sealed bags. "
Mayor of Menemen Serdar Aksoy stated that the establishment of such a modern facility in the district pleases them. Investor Ramazan Avcı also said that the facility is above European standards.
Day 20 Tons Medical Waste Will Be Processed
Approximately 20 tons of medical waste will be processed daily at the Medical Waste Sterilization Plant. There are 1 thousand 64 health institutions and establishments in İzmir, 27 large hospitals and 2 dialysis centers producing more than 59 ton of medical waste per month. 20 tons of medical waste from these institutions are collected by licensed vehicles by collecting them in an accident with the bucket system, in line with occupational health and safety legislation. The bucket collection and transport system minimizes contact with medical waste. Medical wastes received by weighing and radiation measurements in health institutions are recorded with the online mobile waste tracking system, which is controlled by the Ministry of Environment and Urbanization.
Protecting Natural Water Assets
Every activity carried out in the facility, such as feeding-unloading, transportation between units, washing, disinfection and sterilization, has been designed according to the principle of sustainability with a modern and environmentalist perspective. An energy recovery system was also established between the steam generator unit and sterilizers. Thus, the protection of natural water assets was provided through equipment that increased the return speed of the condensate water. The waste sterilized at the facility is then sent to the Harmandalı Solid Waste Storage Facility.
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