Gimhae City to Resume 'Waste Resource Exchange Program' for PET Bottles and Paper Packs Starting April

Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province, will resume the discontinued waste resource exchange project due to the novel coronavirus infection (COVID-19) starting in April. [Image source=Gimhae City]

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Sang-hyun] Gimhae City, Gyeongnam Province announced on the 29th that it will resume the waste resource exchange program starting in April.

The target waste resources are transparent PET bottles, paper packs, and used batteries. Exchanges can be made during business hours at the City Hall Cleaning Administration Division (Monday to Friday) or at nearby Eup, Myeon, and Dong Administrative Welfare Centers (Thursdays).

The exchange criteria are as follows: for every 2kg of transparent PET bottles or 1kg of paper packs, one 10L volume-based waste bag or two 3L food waste discharge chips will be given; for every 20 used batteries, one set of new batteries will be provided.

However, waste resources collected by groups such as apartment complexes or workplaces are not eligible for exchange. Each individual can exchange up to 10kg of paper packs, 10kg of transparent PET bottles, and 100 used batteries.

Last year, the city collected and recycled 15,990kg of paper packs, 12,967kg of used batteries, and 14,650kg of transparent PET bottles through the waste resource exchange program.

A city official stated, “Due to the rapid increase in household waste, the need for resource recycling is growing. We ask citizens to actively participate by separating paper packs from general waste paper to increase recycling rates, collecting used batteries as valuable metal resources, and gathering transparent PET bottles separately to be used as high-quality raw materials.”

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