Incheon City Launches 2025 Sudogwon Landfill Closure TF with 56 Members Across 6 Sectors

In front of the city hall plaza on the 15th, Incheon Mayor Park Nam-chun announced the 'Citizen Joint Action for a Major Shift in Resource Circulation Policy,' focusing on the termination of the use of the metropolitan landfill site by 2025. 2020.10.15 [Photo by Incheon City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesuk] Incheon City will fully activate a dedicated task force (TF) to end the use of the metropolitan area landfill by 2025 and accelerate eco-friendly resource circulation policies.

According to the city on the 21st, the TF, led by Mayor Park Namchun, is composed of 56 members across six sectors, including an expert advisory group, a resource circulation council, a working subcommittee, a political and citizen cooperation subcommittee, a public relations subcommittee, and a support subcommittee.

The landfill closure TF has set specific goals to completely end the use of the current Seo-gu metropolitan landfill with the closure of the 3-1 landfill site in 2025, reduce waste generation (0.8 kg per person per day), maximize recycling rates (from 58% to 95%), establish an eco-friendly landfill within Incheon, and expand incineration facilities, thereby transforming the resource circulation system.

The TF will be responsible for establishing a waste treatment plan in preparation for the closure of the metropolitan landfill, spreading consensus on the transition to eco-friendly waste management policies, reviewing legal, investment, and financial support measures related to the construction of independent waste treatment facilities, among other tasks.

On the 15th, Incheon City declared that it will close the metropolitan landfill by 2025 based on the 2015 agreement of the four-party consultative body consisting of the Ministry of Environment, Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi.

An Incheon city official stated, "Incheon, which has been a city emitting environmental pollution, is undertaking an eco-friendly first-class city project to transform its environmental policies into a circular city."

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