Gangnam-gu Collects 28 Tons of Household Waste from Self-Quarantine Releasees

With 5,391 Cases Accounting for 18.8% of Seoul City...Dedicated Teams Composed of Employees and Cleaning Contractors Expanded from 3 to 10 Units

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Gangnam-gu (District Mayor Jeong Soon-gyun) has collected 5,391 cases of household waste from self-quarantine release individuals, accounting for 18.8% of the total 28,645 cases in Seoul since the end of January, approximately 28 tons.

This is the highest figure among Seoul's autonomous districts, with the amount of waste accounting for 26% of the city's total 106 tons. This result comes from significantly expanding the dedicated collection team from 3 teams with 6 members to 10 teams with 20 members starting April 6.

As the number of self-quarantined individuals rapidly increased due to the spread of the novel coronavirus (COVID-19) and the rise in overseas arrivals, the district anticipated that the number of related waste cases would exceed 50 to 100 per day on average. Early on, they organized a dedicated team and contracted cleaning companies to visit each household and collect the household waste that self-quarantined individuals had stored for two weeks.

The collected household waste is handed over to the Gangnam Resource Recovery Facility in Irwon-dong for processing.

Song Jin-young, Director of the Cleaning Administration Division, stated, “As the number of self-quarantined individuals, which had recently slowed, is increasing again due to visitors and contacts from Itaewon clubs and logistics centers, we will continue to operate the dedicated collection team for waste disposal.” He added, “We thank the residents for strictly following the guidelines despite the difficulty of having to store their waste during the quarantine period.”

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