Ulju-gun Declares War on 'Illegal Waste'

Ulsan Ulju-gun Office.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Ulsan Ulju-gun declared war on illegal waste on the 7th.

The meeting and declaration ceremony to eradicate illegal waste held at the county office that day proceeded in the order of presentation of investigation cases related to illegal waste, a discussion meeting to eradicate illegal waste, and reading of the declaration.

The declaration ceremony was broadcast live on Ulju-gun’s official YouTube channel, ‘UljjuTV.’

About 20 people attended, including County Governor Lee Seon-ho, Kwon Jang-hwan, head of the Intelligent Crime Investigation Team at Ulju Police Station, Ahn Hu-geun, head of the Water Quality Waste Guidance Team at Nakdokgang Watershed Environmental Office, Lee Dong-hak, director of the Waste Center, Lee Sang-beom, secretary general of the Ulsan Environmental Movement Federation, Choi Geun-young, captain of the Green Star District Guard, Park Dong-hwan, chairman of the Ulju-gun Village Leaders Association, and environmental activist Seo Bong-tae.

The declaration included a commitment to establish a governance cooperation system between the public and government to develop a citizen-wide movement to eradicate illegal waste.

The county revealed that last year, about 10 complaints related to illegal waste landfill were received in Ulju-gun, and that illegal waste landfill leads to soil pollution as well as water pollution, causing indiscriminate harm to citizens, expressing a strong will to eradicate it.

Illegal waste landfill and dumping are defined as serious anti-social and anti-environmental crimes, and the plan is to eradicate acts that pollute nature such as illegal landfill through strict monitoring.

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