HYPEYACHTING & TRAVEL
Announcement · 2026
Waste water: new rules
The Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change has renewed its Maritime Waste Application (DAU) circular. The rules for handing over waste have changed for boats under the Blue Card System.
| Before | Now | |
|---|---|---|
| Boats with a capacity under 12 people | Waste handed over every 15 days | Waste handed over every 20 days |
| Boats with a capacity of 12 people or more | Waste handed over every 10 days | Waste handed over every 15 days |
| Handing over waste before every trip | Required, whatever the tank level | No longer required |
| Tank level | – | Waste must be handed over at 80 per cent |
- A boat whose waste tank reaches 80 per cent hands its waste to a reception facility or a waste collection vessel without waiting for its period to end.
- The period counts the time spent under way inside the maritime jurisdiction areas.
- Capacity means passengers and crew together.
- The new circular replaces circular No. 2022/14.
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Chamber of Shipping notice (Turkish)
Source: Circular No. 2026/12 of 09.09.2026, Ministry of Environment, Urbanisation and Climate Change, Directorate General of Environmental Management; notice of the IMEAK Chamber of Shipping. For information only. The Ministry’s circular is the binding text. Last checked: 2 October 2026.