Gwangju Nam-gu, Positive Response to Residential Area 'Recycling Clean House'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Nam-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City, has received positive responses from residents by installing recycling clean houses in two densely populated single-family housing areas to promote recycling and improve urban aesthetics.

On the 28th, Nam-gu announced that it recently installed recycling clean houses measuring 4 to 6 meters in length and 2.3 meters in height in front of the Full Gospel Gwangju Central Church in Baegun 1-dong and in the residential area around Pureungil Park in Juwol 1-dong.

The recycling clean house is a facility that installs a house-shaped temporary building at a living waste disposal point, allowing residents to separately dispose of recyclable resources such as plastics, paper, vinyl, bottles, paper packs, Styrofoam, and cans used and discarded in each household.

It is similar to the communal disposal sites installed in apartment complexes, which are multi-family housing.

Nam-gu conducted a status and demand survey targeting 17 neighborhoods in the district to install the recycling clean houses, and after obtaining residents' consent, installed them in mid-this month in Baegun 1-dong and Juwol 1-dong, densely populated single-family housing areas where separate disposal was not smooth and illegal dumping was severe.

Spaces were arranged to dispose of nine types of recyclable resources, including Styrofoam and transparent plastics, as well as volume-based waste. To block the disposal of non-collectible waste and illegal dumping, four CCTV cameras powered by solar energy and one monitor were installed inside and outside the clean houses.

The two recycling clean houses operate under a day-of-the-week system by item, and to maintain cleanliness, dedicated personnel are assigned, and the recycling collection company entrusted with the task conducts daily collection work to manage the cleanliness.

A Nam-gu official stated, “After installing recycling clean houses in areas vulnerable to living waste disposal, the alleys in residential areas that were overflowing with garbage have become clean, and at the same time, waste disposal has become more convenient, so residents are very satisfied.”

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