Please Stay Safe This Winter, Senior Waste Collectors

Dongdaemun-gu Provides Traffic Safety Education and Safety and Cold-Weather Supplies to 157 Elderly Paper Collectors Aged 65 and Over... Ordinance on Support for Recyclable Collectors to Be Revised This Month to Establish Practical Support Measures

Employees at the Jang-an 1-dong Community Service Center in Dongdaemun-gu are attaching reflective tape to the handcarts of elderly paper collectors.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Dongdaemun-gu (Mayor You Deok-yeol) conducted traffic safety education and provided safety equipment to 157 elderly paper collectors aged 65 and over in the area to prevent safety accidents.

Despite the prolonged COVID-19 situation, this initiative aims to help elderly individuals who cannot stop collecting paper for their livelihood to continue their winter activities safely.

To this end, each neighborhood community center educated the elderly paper collectors on traffic safety prevention rules according to the types of pedestrian accidents involving seniors and on safe paper collecting behaviors. After the education, safety and cold-weather supplies such as reflective vests, reflective bands, winter hats, gloves, and socks were distributed.

In particular, community center staff carefully attached reflective tape, which reflects well even with small lights, directly onto the elderly individuals' handcarts.

You Deok-yeol, Mayor of Dongdaemun-gu, stated, “I have always been concerned about the safety of the elderly who silently collect paper despite difficult circumstances, contributing greatly to resource recycling and the cleanliness of alleyways. I hope the elderly will wear the items provided this time, such as reflective vests and winter hats, to stay safe and warm during winter while collecting paper.”

The district revised the “Ordinance on Support for Recyclable Collectors” in November to establish a practical support basis for elderly paper collectors and plans to promote their stable livelihood based on this.

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