Akademik Veri Yönetim Sistemi
UBAK 2022, Ankara, Türkiye, 11 - 12 Mart 2022, ss.283-293
One of the complex and urgent problems related to the current linear economic system in the
transition to circular cities is urban waste management. Although it changes according to the level of
development and income, waste management systems in cities are mostly central and urban scale. These
systems, on the other hand, are expensive and not sustainable, so decentralized sustainable waste
management systems are required. For this purpose, within the scope of the study, what decentralized
waste management solutions are, how they can be integrated into the urban area, how they can contribute to the achievement of the circular cities goal by increasing the urban quality have been analyzed. Within
the scope of the study, generally at the neighborhood or building scale; Waste solutions aimed at
reducing, reusing and recycling household waste have been identified. Then, the studies in which these
systems were integrated into the city were examined. These systems, which enable them to be managed
by using low-cost mechanisms in cities, are available at different scales; It has been concluded that the
waste produced should be planned and gradually placed at the scale of households, neighborhoods, cities
and countries according to local characteristics such as type, amount and population, climate, education
level, urban structure. Particularly in the residential areas that generate most of the waste, the activities
and spaces that enable the participation of the residents have been an important step for the community based transformation. It has been seen that these interventions can contribute to the achievement of the
zero waste goal for a sustainable city, strengthen social interactions, create new job opportunities, and
thus provide economic, environmental and social benefits.