Geumcheon-gu Expands Distribution of Large Food Waste Reducers Achieving 80% Reduction Effect

Additional Distribution of 5 Large-Scale Reducers for Hope Apartment Complexes... Approximately 80% Food Waste Reduction Achieved in Last Year's Pilot Project... Site Selection and Installation Through Field Survey in the First Half of the Year

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Geumcheon-gu (Mayor Yuseong Hoon) is expanding the pilot project for supplying large-scale food waste reducers in multi-family housing, which was conducted last year as part of the waste reduction policy.

The large-scale reducer is an eco-friendly device that reduces food waste through dehydration, drying, and fermentation processes within the machine itself, and the remaining byproducts can be recycled into feed or compost through a special process.

Last year, the district promoted the pilot project for supplying large-scale food waste reducers targeting Namseoul Geonyeong 2nd Apartment, achieving a successful result of reducing 80% of food waste at the source due to residents' commitment to environmental improvement.

Accordingly, this year the district will additionally supply large-scale reducers to multi-family housing that wish to participate. A total of five units will be supplied, with installation costs covered by the district. However, operating costs will be borne by the multi-family housing.

The district plans to select suitable sites among the willing multi-family housing based on installation space and other field conditions, and install 1 to 2 reducers per site considering the number of households.

One reducer can be shared by approximately 250 households.

The district plans to complete installation in the first half of the year and decide on expanding the project next year through monitoring and result analysis in the second half.

Yuseong Hoon, Mayor of Geumcheon-gu, stated, “In the multi-family housing where the pilot project was conducted last year, resident satisfaction was 77%, and 85% of residents chose the reducer method as the future disposal method, showing positive effects. We will improve residents' living environment and reduce costs through gradual project expansion along with raising public awareness.”

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