Gwangju Buk-gu 'Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project' Promotion

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Gwangju Metropolitan City Buk-gu (District Mayor Moon In) announced on the 15th that starting next month, it will promote the ‘Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project’ to create a clean living environment.

This project was prepared to contribute to stabilizing residents' lives amid COVID-19 by creating lifestyle public jobs. Last month, 300 participants aged 18 to under 70 with work ability were selected, and the project will be carried out with a total budget of about 1.7 billion KRW until October.

Buk-gu will first conduct maintenance and monitoring of illegal garbage dumping vulnerable areas, reclassification of recyclables in street zones, and collection activities of waste batteries in apartment complexes across 27 neighborhoods.

They will distribute promotional materials on proper garbage separation methods and times, operate a publicity group to promote correct garbage separation, and provide guidance on volume-based waste fee systems and low-carbon green apartment contest projects for each household in apartment complexes.

Recyclables sorting work separating collected waste batteries and waste fluorescent lamps will be conducted, and complaints about illegal garbage dumping will be promptly handled using cleaning mobile teams.

In particular, Buk-gu plans to conduct worker safety education on the 1st of next month, including accident prevention and social distancing guidelines in daily life, and will thoroughly manage workplace safety through the designation and operation of safety managers.

District Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, “I hope this public job project will help residents who are struggling with their livelihoods, such as the unemployed and young job seekers,” and added, “Since jobs are the best welfare, we will continue to strive to revitalize the local economy through various job projects in the future.”

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