In relation to Istanbul, the intensive housing demand, the housing, roads, bridges, tunnels, shopping malls, hospitals, schools and many civil work constructions that would be reinforced against earthquake depend on the fact that the aggregate production be in sufficient quantity and in a stable way. In Istanbul, it is in need of 150 millions tonnes of aggregate every year, that is to say, so much water is used.

On the other hand, any places having no alternative where the digging out amounts to a burden of 30.000 trucks per day as a result of the civil work occupations in Istanbul are the pits where the aggregate production is done. This demand is as important as the civil work constructions in respect of prevention of any environmental catastrophe. When a dumping place could not be found, the digging out are dumped in forestry locations in a random way and cause an environmental pollution at a catastrophic level. So it is a good luck that the aggregate production plants are situated close to the centrums .

Relationship of AKDAGLAR with the environment