Changwon City to Completely Revamp Recycling Collection and Disposal System in Masan Area Starting Next Year

Recycling collection days and items for Masan area to be implemented from next year. (Photo by Changwon City)

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Choi Hyun-joo] Changwon City in Gyeongnam announced on the 3rd that it will completely improve the recycling waste disposal and collection system in the Masan area starting next year.

Until now, the Masan area operated without a dedicated recycling collection and transportation agency, with residents disposing of recyclables only on Wednesdays and collection taking place only on Thursdays throughout the region.

As a result, collection efficiency was low, leading to a small amount of recyclables being brought to the sorting facility. Additionally, all items were collected mixed together in compacting vehicles, causing damage and breakage before arrival at the sorting facility, resulting in a low recovery and sorting rate of recyclable resources at 50%.

This complete improvement of the disposal and collection system targets public collection areas such as single-family houses, small multi-family housing, and commercial buildings. Through this overhaul, the plan is to raise the recycling recovery and sorting rate in the Masan area to over 70% by 2022.

Changes starting in 2021 include ▲new licensing of a dedicated recycling collection and transportation agency (one location) ▲disposal method of once a week on Wednesdays (collection on Thursdays) and PET bottles and vinyl only disposed on Sundays in all areas ▲other recyclables disposed only on designated days by region ▲collection using non-compacting vehicles to collect recyclables in their original form.

Lee Jeong-geun, Director of the Environment and Urban Bureau, stated, “Since this is an important time when the long-familiar disposal and collection system before integration will be completely changed starting next year, we will put all efforts into publicizing to residents to prevent confusion expected in the early stages of implementation and minimize inconvenience.”

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