What happened
Turkey's Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change published amendments to the End-of-Life Tyre Control Regulation in the Official Gazette (No. 33339) on 13 August 2026. The revision expands who may collect end-of-life tyres (ÖTL) to include waste processing facilities with environmental permits alongside the ministry-authorised collection organisations that previously held this role.
Facilities that collect tyres must process them only at their own site; collection volumes cannot exceed the facility's annual processing capacity. Tyre movement operations must use the ministry's online systems. Authorised collectors report annual collection volumes to the ministry by 31 March each year.
Why it matters
The amendment addresses collection bottlenecks and improves raw material access for the recycling sector. By allowing processing facilities to source tyres directly, the regulation aims to increase recovery rates, reduce idle investment in existing capacity, and deliver more secondary materials to the economy. Broader participation in collection is expected to expand total capacity and move more recyclable tyres into recovery chains.
Background
End-of-life tyre collection in Turkey had been restricted to tyre manufacturers' authorised systems and designated organisations. This new framework decentralises collection authority to licensed waste processors, provided they handle collected material on-site.