Gwangju Dong-gu and Dongmyeong Community Coexistence Association Sign Fourth Cleanliness Campaign Agreement

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 8th that it signed the 4th business agreement with the ‘Dongmyeong Community Coexistence Council (Chairman Choi Bok-hyun)’ as part of the ‘One Institution·Organization One Clean Zone Designation and Operation’ to eradicate illegal dumping of garbage.

Since signing the first agreement with the Gwangju Jeonnam Regional Military Manpower Administration, Dong-gu has signed the 2nd and 3rd agreements with the Nam Gwangju Market Merchants Association and the Nam Gwangju Haetteune Market Merchants Association, respectively. With this 4th business agreement with the ‘Dongmyeong Community Coexistence Council,’ it plans to create an environmentally friendly street full of taste, style, and excitement around the National Asia Culture Center and the Dongridan-gil cafe street.

Through this agreement, both organizations will strive to implement 10 action items including ▲compliance with garbage disposal times ▲placing recyclables and volume-based waste bags in front of stores ▲sweeping in front of one’s home or store for 10 minutes daily ▲placing one flower pot per business ▲creating alley gardens in Dongridan-gil ▲participating in the ZERO movement to avoid using disposable products, among others.

In addition, the district plans to form a ‘Our Village Keeper Village Environment Volunteer Group’ with resident participation in each of the 13 neighborhoods to implement a cleaning responsibility system targeting habitual illegal dumping areas and carry out various activities to establish a proper disposal culture early.

Dong-gu intends to continue relay agreements with 50 institutions and organizations within the district, including schools, financial institutions, cooperatives, self-governing organizations, and village communities, until the end of this year to create a garbage-free district by eradicating illegal dumping.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “We plan to continuously expand the clean zone designation agreements so that the public and private sectors can jointly respond to garbage issues,” adding, “Through active cleaning administration and residents’ cooperation, we will create a pleasant and beautiful Dong-gu street free of garbage.”

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