Complaints filed against plastic-burning facilities in Mersin

Residents of Yalınayak and Şevket Sümer neighborhoods, located between Mersin's Toroslar and Akdeniz districts, have long complained of odor and air pollution caused by waste plastic-burning operations. Neighborhood residents, emphasizing that their homes are situated next to these facilities, continue to voice their concerns about environmental and health issues to authorities.

Residents describe their situation strikingly: "It's not the smell of soil—it's the smell of metal." This statement illustrates just how polluted the air in the region has become. The neighborhood population is demanding that waste plastic-burning facilities be relocated outside residential areas to resolve this long-standing problem.

Residents, noting that the health of all neighborhood residents—particularly children and the elderly—is under threat, have called on authorities to take action immediately. Oversight of the operating facilities in the region and concrete steps toward a relocation process are expected.