Turkey’s Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) legislation came into effect June 2019. The legislation mandates manufacturers and sellers of electronic goods to keep documentation showing that products they introduce to the market meet the criteria for legislation. This applies for 5 years starting from the date the product is released to the market. Manufacturers must also submit a Conformity Declaration Form to the Turkish government every year.

Turkeys’ Regulation on Batteries and Waste Batteries subjects portable, industrial, and electric vehicle batteries to strict sustainability criteria, carbon footprint declarations, and mandatory recycled content audits. This framework aligns Turkish environmental law directly with European Union standards. Producers and importers must satisfy enhanced extended producer responsibility mandates, which require inventory registration alongside the phased deployment of digital battery passports for high capacity power cells.

Turkeys’ Regulation on the Control of Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment governs the collection, processing, and recycling of e-waste across Turkey. This framework mirrors European waste electrical standards to minimize the environmental footprint of obsolete consumer technology. The rules require electronics manufacturers and importers to register with a centralized online portal and meet defined annual recycling targets. Companies must also ensure that all hazardous electrical components are handled exclusively by authorized, licensed treatment facilities.

Turkeys’ Packaging Waste Control Regulation sets the legally binding criteria for the design, production, and end-of-life logistics of all packaging materials used in the Turkish market. Companies importing or manufacturing packaged goods must pay a mandatory recycling participation fee known as GEKAP and document compliance with strict material recovery targets. The regulation also enforces a fixed-price regime for plastic bags and drives a scheduled phase-out of targeted single-use plastics to eliminate hazardous chemical contaminants from food-contact materials.