Gwangsan-gu, Gwangju Installs 'Expired Medicine Collection Boxes' in Apartments for the First Time in the Area

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Yoon Jamin] Gwangsan District, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Kim Samho) announced on the 4th that it will expand the installation of waste medicine collection boxes to 158 apartment complexes to help citizens separate and dispose of waste medicines.

Expired or unusable waste medicines are classified as ‘household hazardous waste’ under the Waste Management Act and must be incinerated.

The existing waste medicine disposal locations were limited to pharmacies and neighborhood administrative welfare centers, making citizen accessibility poor.

Accordingly, the district decided to install collection boxes in apartments within the area for the first time. This is expected to increase convenience for citizens in disposal and prevent environmental pollution caused by indiscriminate disposal of waste medicines.

The disposed waste medicines will be collected regularly once a month and incinerated.

Plans are also underway to produce and distribute promotional materials to inform the public about proper separation and disposal methods.

Meanwhile, Gwangsan District is establishing a virtuous cycle system for special item recyclable resources such as ice packs, and is promoting the separation and disposal of paper packs, waste batteries, and transparent PET bottles to realize a leading city in resource circulation.

Recently, through active policies to reduce household waste and promote resource circulation, it also received the Excellence Award at the ‘1st Waste Environment Awards’.

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