Namyangju City Expands Support for RFID-Based Food Waste Metering Devices in Apartment Complexes

Expansion from 150 Households to Over 80 Households

RFID Device for Food Waste Volume-Based Fee in Multi-Family Housing [Namyangju City]

[Asia Economy Reporter Ra Young-cheol] Namyangju City in Gyeonggi Province is expanding support for RFID-based food waste volume-based charging devices to apartment complexes with 80 or more households.

According to the city on the 25th, this year, the support target has been expanded from the existing 150 households to 80 or more households, providing volume-based charging devices to small-scale apartment complexes as well, including Byeollae-dong, which uses an automatic collection facility.

The city evaluated that the food waste volume-based charging device support project has reduced food waste disposal by about 30-40%.

The apartment complex food waste volume-based charging device (RFID) support project is a policy that supports volume-based charging devices that charge fees based on the amount of food waste disposed of by each household in apartment complexes to reduce food waste.

Since 2016, the city has supported a total of 634 volume-based charging devices in 87 complexes (51,949 households) to date.

A city official stated, "Citizens using the volume-based charging devices are highly satisfied due to improvements in the appearance of food waste disposal areas and odor reduction effects," and added, "We hope residents of apartment complexes without installed volume-based charging devices will actively participate in the installation."

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