IMM President Ekrem İmamoğlu; It opened Istanbul's largest solid waste transfer center, which will serve 9 districts, save 5,5 million liters of fuel per year and cost 30,5 million TL entirely with the equity of the institution. Speaking at the opening of the Başakşehir Solid Waste Disposal Center, İmamoğlu said, “The green solution issue is a supra-political issue. Fasa fiso concepts have no place in these works. We will fulfill this responsibility. If there are obstacles to their fulfillment, we will not hold back from expressing them and explaining them transparently in front of our citizens, who is responsible for those obstacles," he said.
Istanbul Metropolitan Municipality (IMM) President Ekrem İmamoğlu, spoke at the opening ceremony of the “Basaksehir Solid Waste Transfer Center”, the largest facility in this sense, and the presentation of the newly commissioned collection and cleaning vehicles. Emphasizing that İSTAÇ is a very valuable institution of the İBB, İmamoğlu said, “One of our units, which makes the most intensive contribution to the cleanliness of Istanbul, the awareness of being green and the fight against climate, is one of our subsidiaries. As İSTAÇ, we are opening a very valuable facility for waste management and environmental protection. We put forward our 'Green Solution' vision to present the fight against climate change to our citizens under a brand. We wanted our vision of this Green Solution to have a consciousness that looks at IMM three hundred and sixty degrees as an institution and acts by saying 'I am also a part of this vision'. With this aspect, we continue to explain in every environment that we can achieve a great success with the reflection of this understanding that we will create in IMM, to all institutions of Istanbul and to 16 million Istanbulites.”
“RENOVATION OF OUR VEHICLE FLEET IS ALSO IMPORTANT”
Emphasizing that the facility they opened is an important part of their Green Solution vision, İmamoğlu said, "Today, in addition to this beautiful and important facility, the renewal of the vehicle fleet is also an important issue." Expressing that the renewal of the vehicle fleet will also be a part of the Green Solution vision, İmamoğlu said, “This project started in Başakşehir in 2017. In many of our projects, we have also explained how we follow up and complete every project that will contribute to the environment and is meaningful to the people of Istanbul, by making some revisions. This is one of our projects that we have completed and brought to our city. Because, we have expressed at every point that our overall view on every project that we believe will benefit our people is positive, and that there is a fundamental understanding in the continuity of healthy business, especially in the execution and management of state institutions. Here, we have implemented and succeeded one of them," he said.
“THE CLEAN ENVIRONMENT IS VERY VALUABLE”
Pointing out that they completed the project without borrowing and using only equity, İmamoğlu shared detailed information about the facility and the renewal of the vehicle fleet. Stating that with the renewal of the vehicle fleet, they will carry out the same work with fewer vehicles and the number of trips, İmamoğlu shared the knowledge that they will save 5,5 million liters of fuel per year, emphasizing that there will be significant reductions in maintenance-repair and spare parts costs. Pointing out that carbon emissions will also decrease with new vehicles, İmamoğlu said, “In addition, since there will be fewer breakdowns with these vehicles, the system will benefit from these new vehicles more efficiently. In this respect, savings are very valuable. Keeping the environment clean is very valuable. Along with other issues, we are truly enjoying the pleasure and genuine smile of the people of Istanbul, who said, 'A good thing has been done to 16 million people today, and a valuable step has been taken to present us with a city where we can breathe more good breath and fresh air'.
“İSKİ NEEDS 1 BILLION EURO INVESTMENT”
Imamoglu said, "Only İSKİ needs an investment of 1 billion Euros, which needs to be started in order for Istanbul to become fully equipped with an excellent water treatment and wastewater facilities."
“This has its place in the strategic report. Unfortunately, when we prepared this report, it was 8-9 billion Turkish Liras. But right now it has come to a cost that goes towards almost 16, 17, 18 billion. But we have to. In this respect, instead of making speeches that are pulled from below, pulled from above, twisted to the left and right, that is, to confuse people, while making decisions about our institutions, without wasting time, without hindering all these works, over numbers, numbers, reports, instead of making speeches that are pulled from the bottom, pulled from the top, twisting their heads like that, so that people get confused. , math, we have to make calculations like 2×2 makes four, take decisions and execute them. Who are they? First of all, I IBB President. IMM staff. But the decision maker is the IMM Assembly and all the public, institutions and administrators of our state. The main issue is here. In these works, 'fasa fiso' concepts of politics have no place; shouldn't be. These are real works. These are the issues related to our child's bathing in sparkling water at home. Or as a family, it is a matter of our children, mothers and fathers having picnics and sports in green environments. Or it is a matter of making wudu in the mosque. Or it is a matter of the humane fulfillment of our other needs. It is a political issue. Fasa fiso concepts have no place in these works. The issue of green solution is important, historical, humanitarian, conscientious and a great responsibility. We will fulfill this responsibility. If there are obstacles to their fulfillment, we will not hesitate to explain them in a transparent way in front of our citizens, who is responsible for those obstacles."
THE CONSTRUCTION OF THE PROJECT STARTED IN 2017
Ziya Gökmen Togay, the new General Manager of İSTAÇ, also shared technical information about the facility and fleet renewal in his speech. The project start date of the facility with a total area of 26.288 square meters is May 10, 2017. The planning of the project was done by the IMM Waste Management Directorate and Superstructure Projects Branch Directorate before 2017. The facility, which will employ approximately 200 people, was built with equity, without using bank loans. Costing a total of 30.513.555,20 TL, the facility will serve 9 district municipalities in total, namely Başakşehir, Arnavutköy, Sultangazi, Gaziosmanpaşa, Avcılar, Küçükçekmece, Esenler, Bayrampaşa and Esenyurt. The center has 12 solid waste loading systems, and the loading system consists of 12 independent conveyor lines.
118 TRUCK AND TIR RENOVATED
The fleet of vehicles that will transport waste to the facility has also been renewed. A total of 118 solid waste collection vehicles will be accompanied by 17 cleaning vehicles defined as “Orion”. It is planned to operate 50 waste transport trucks at the station. It is anticipated that the district municipal waste collection vehicles will arrive at the transfer station with approximately 450 daily trips. The wastes will be transported to the disposal facilities with approximately 150 trips by loading the wastes on the transport trucks through the "solid waste loading system with conveyor" from the district municipality vehicles. Thanks to vehicles with a larger capacity by volume, approximately 5.500.000 liters of fuel will be saved annually. Istanbul's largest solid waste transfer facility has an installed capacity of 3.000 tons/day.
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