A Case Study on Istanbul Electronic Waste Firms: ISO 14000 Environmental Management

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Due to the limited natural resources and increasing needs, the activities carried out have negative effects on the environment. This situation has revealed the necessity for controlling environmental effects with legal practices. Consumers now expect businesses operating in the market to meet their increasing needs at the highest level and to respect the environment. The environmental management system has emerged in order to keep the environmental impacts of businesses under control in order to exist in the global market and to ensure the continuity of their existence. With the environmental management system, it aims to reduce the harmful effects of the enterprises to the environment by systematic stages and to eliminate these effects. In this study, a survey was conducted in order to reveal and evaluate the relationship between the factors affecting the transition to the ISO 14000 environmental management system and the improvements achieved. It has been determined that the companies are not obliged to obtain the documents because the audit is not sufficient in obtaining the ISO 14000 certificates, which are required by the laws of the electronic waste recycling companies.