Sejong Collects 144 Tons of COVID-19 Household Waste... Dedicated Team Continues Operation

[Asia Economy (Daejeon) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Since March, Sejong City has collected 144 tons of household waste related to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19). The city has been operating a dedicated team for household waste collection and plans to continue this operation going forward.

According to the city on the 27th, since March, a 'regular collection dedicated team' has been organized to support the disposal of household waste from citizens under self-quarantine after testing negative for COVID-19.

The dedicated team is operated by outsourcing and delegating to a specialized infectious disease waste treatment company, aiming to eliminate the risk of infectious disease spread within the region and to enhance convenience for residents such as those in self-quarantine.

The dedicated team visits self-quarantined households at intervals of 2 to 5 days on average, disinfects and collects household waste, and incinerates it on the same day.

Through this procedure, the household waste collected and incinerated by the dedicated team is estimated at 135 tons from 2,200 self-quarantined households and 9 tons from 4 quarantine facilities.

The city explains that households with many infants, children, or patients under self-quarantine, who produce a large amount of household waste, have shown high satisfaction by delivering letters expressing gratitude for the team's activities.

Im Gyu-seong, head of the city’s Environmental Management Cleaning Team, said, “We understand that citizens are facing great difficulties in daily life due to the resurgence of COVID-19,” and added, “We hope that the regular collection dedicated team’s activities can provide some comfort to citizens suffering from COVID-19.”

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