Gwangju Dong-gu Recognized as 'Best' for Resource Circulation-Oriented Urban Environment Policy

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (Mayor Im Taek) announced on the 29th that it was selected as the best autonomous district in the ‘Resource Circulation-Oriented Urban Environment Implementation Policy’ evaluation conducted on five autonomous districts in the Gwangju area, receiving an incentive of 180 million KRW.

This evaluation was conducted on 12 items in four areas?▲resource circulation culture creation ▲recycling increase ▲food waste reduction ▲household waste treatment?carried out over the past year targeting five autonomous districts in Gwangju.

Dong-gu declared last year as the inaugural year of the ‘Garbage-Free Village’ and has continuously promoted various cleaning innovation projects to create a ‘Garbage-Free Village, Clean and Happy Dong-gu’ with goals of reducing waste by 15% over three years until 2022, including establishing 15 fragrant gardens, designating 72 model cleanliness businesses, and managing one cleanliness zone per institution with participation from 36 organizations.

In particular, it achieved remarkable results through differentiated resident-led policies such as ▲creating resource circulation pilot villages to improve residents’ awareness ▲education and campaigns for residents using resource circulation interpreters ▲and promoting alley talks.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “I am pleased that the various cleaning innovation projects actively participated in by residents have been recognized for their achievements and have borne fruitful results,” adding, “We will continue to implement various policies to create a clean Dong-gu that residents want to revisit together with them.”

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