Gwangju Nam-gu to Launch 'Uri Dongne Cleanliness Project' Starting Next Month

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Byeong-nae) announced on the 19th that starting next month, it will promote the "Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project" to resolve the illegal garbage problem occurring in long-unused vacant lots and residential backstreets.

The "Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project" aims to address the economic downturn caused by the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic and the living instability of vulnerable groups. It seeks to revitalize the local economy by providing emergency jobs for livelihood stabilization and improve the urban landscape in areas plagued by illegal dumping.

To implement this project, Nam-gu recruited local residents last month to participate in the "COVID-19 Response Livelihood Public Job Project" conducted by Gwangju City. Approximately 200 local job seekers and vulnerable residents in need of employment are expected to participate in the Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project.

From next month for four months, participants will be assigned to 16 administrative welfare centers within the district to carry out environmental cleanup activities in areas vulnerable to illegal garbage dumping, such as vacant lots and residential backstreets.

They will also conduct surveillance in areas with frequent illegal dumping, promote proper garbage disposal culture, and perform reclassification work on recyclables that were disposed of without proper sorting.

A Nam-gu official stated, "Although we have been focusing on managing areas vulnerable to garbage accumulation, this year, due to the COVID-19 outbreak, mass cleaning campaigns were suspended, making it difficult to manage the widespread illegal dumping areas across the 16 neighborhoods in the district. To resolve these issues, we decided to promote the Our Neighborhood Cleanliness Project."

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