Turkey’s Energy Market Regulatory Authority (EPDK) has given 39 licenses to facilities that generate electricity from waste materials, said Energy Minister Taner Yıldız reports Hurriyet.

Turkey’s daily waste weighs around 50,000 tons, Yıldız stated at ITC’s Mamak Solid Waste Field and Energy Generation Facilities in Ankara, where he participated in the investigations. Yet the waste can be an opportunity thanks to facilities that recycle and generate energy from it, he said.

“We care about the facilities that generate electricity from waste. There are 39 that obtained permission from the EPDK. The facilities involved in this activity generate around 100 megawatts (MW) of electricity from waste, the rest under construction will generate 80 MW,” he said.