Busan City and Marine Organizations Join Hands to Create a Clean Busan Sea

Agreement Among the City, Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, Port Authority, Korea Maritime Institute, and Korea Ocean Business Corporation

Busan City Hall.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Dongguk Lee] Busan City is establishing a cooperative system with the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation, Busan Port Authority, Korea Maritime Institute, and Korea Ocean Business Corporation to create a "clean Busan sea without garbage."

On the 4th at 2 p.m., the city will sign a business agreement in the 26th-floor conference room of City Hall to reduce and strengthen the management of marine debris along the Busan coast.

In May, Busan City held a "Cooperation Meeting of Related Organizations for Efficient Management of Marine Debris" to discuss cooperation measures for waste disposal by sea area, and this agreement is a follow-up measure.

Through this agreement, ▲ the city will form and operate a working-level council for marine debris reduction and lead pilot projects for marine debris management using science and technology; ▲ the Korea Marine Environment Management Corporation will share information on marine debris occurrence and collection in the Busan area, support disposal, collaborate on marine waste recycling pilot projects, and support companion beach programs and marine environment education.

▲ Busan Port Authority plans to continuously collect marine debris in the North Port, improve the collection and disposal system for waste plastic in the port, and actively promote coastal cleanup campaigns; ▲ Korea Maritime Institute will conduct practical policy research related to marine debris reduction, establish management plans, and exchange human resources and information related to marine environment education; ▲ Korea Ocean Business Corporation will promote social contribution activities to reduce marine debris and actively participate in marine environment protection campaigns.

Busan is located at the Nakdong River estuary and has various port and fisheries facilities, with active marine leisure activities, resulting in significant marine debris generation and inflow. However, different authorities manage national trade ports, national fishing ports, coastal fishing ports, and coastal waters, and the wide jurisdictional area causes difficulties in collection.

Accordingly, the agreement organizations, including the city, will discover cooperative tasks for reducing marine debris along the Busan coast through the operation of a working-level council and implement them step by step. This summer, a pilot project using drones to monitor marine debris will begin, focusing on the North and South Ports, to seek systematic marine debris management and response measures.

To attract the 2030 Busan World Expo, a marine debris citizen campaign will be jointly promoted, and a "marine debris intensive collection period" will be operated mainly in the North and South Ports to intensively manage collection blind spots.

Mayor Park Hyung-jun said, "The marine debris problem, which threatens the entire Earth, must be resolved for Busan to strengthen its status as a marine tourism city and lead the maritime smart city sector," adding, "Based on this agreement, we will establish a cooperative system with related organizations to jointly manage and ensure a clean Busan sea."

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