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a. Environmental Health and Protection at the Printing Facilities Newsprint Usage: 21% of the newsprint used in printing facilities is recycled, amounting to approximately 40,000 tons per year. Chemical Cleaning: Chemical waste produced as a result of the printing process is collected via a special sewerage system and sent through the chemical cleaning process. Next, the waste water is sent for biological cleaning. Biological Cleaning: Household wastewater and chemically cleaned wastewater are sent through wastewater collection canals in accordance with official standards after biological purification. The management of the cleaning facility is held by expert firms and checked daily by taking water samples. Moreover, the facility is controlled by a related public institution on a monthly basis. Nesprint Garbage: Newsprint waste is gathered at collection sites and sent to a scrapping process for the purpose of recycling. Aluminum Mould Garbage: Aluminum mould waste is gathered at collection sites and sent to a scrapping process for the purpose of recycling. Plastic and Metal Barrels: Plastic and metal barrels containing printing chemicals like reservoir water, solvent and oil are gathered at collection sites and sent to a scrapping process for the purpose of recycling. Mineral Oil Garbage: Mineral oils used in our equipment are not emptied into the sewerage system, but placed into storage tanks and then sent for recycling. Gas Emmission: All printing equipment run on electricity and cause no direct gas emissions into the atmosphere. Site Cleaning: Site cleaning is performed by our cleaning firm on a daily basis. Care of Green Sites and Seedlings: The maintenance and care of green sites are held regularly by expert firms at all printing facilities. b. Environmental Health and Protection in Administrative Buildings The industrial waste water produced at the Head Office (Hürriyet Medya Towers) is sent to a wastewater firm regularly for cleaning purpose. The air-conditioning facilities were renovated in 2001 and are equipped with R 134 gas, which is an environmentally friendly coolant used in state-of-the-art air-conditioning systems. It is of particular attention that any purchased cooling equipment shall contain environment friendly coolant gases. The halon tanks in the Buildings' fire extinguisher system have been removed and a more environmentally friendly system containing FM 200 gas meeting EU standards has been installed. In this period, no legal suits have been brought against the Company with regard to harming the environment. |
