Gwangyang-si Intensifies Crackdown on Illegal Dumping of Household Waste in Four Major Valleys During Peak Summer Season

Bonggang Seongbul Valley, Okryong Donggok Valley, Jinsang Eochi Valley, Daap Geumcheon Valley, etc.

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Gwangyang City in Jeonnam announced that it will conduct intensive crackdowns and guidance on illegal dumping of household waste from July 18 to August 31, focusing on the four major valleys that attract many tourists during the summer vacation season.

The target areas are the four locations: Bonggang Seongbul Valley, Okryong Donggok Valley, Jinsang Eochi Valley, and Daap Geumcheon Valley.

The crackdown method involves seven members of the Gwangyang City Resource Circulation Division visiting the sites daily in cooperation with the officials in charge of the four valley district offices. They will use temporary workers managing the valleys to monitor illegal dumping activities and simultaneously promote proper disposal methods.

Additionally, mobile CCTVs will be installed around restaurants with frequent illegal dumping and mixed disposal of volume-based waste and food waste, as well as near loading containers, to enforce focused crackdowns.

While cracking down on illegal dumping of household waste is important, to prevent waste accumulation from turning into new illegal dumping sites, a separate mobile team is operating in cooperation with the collection company, Gwangyang Environmental Corporation, to ensure timely collection.

Kim Jae-hee, head of the Resource Circulation Division, said, “Due to COVID-19, there were not many tourists visiting the valleys, so inconveniences caused by household waste were not significant. However, this year, with the heatwave and increased tourists visiting the valleys, complaints related to household waste have increased significantly.”

He added, “We hope tourists visiting the valleys will heal in the clean valleys by fostering advanced civic awareness such as taking back the trash they brought, prohibiting illegal dumping, and proper waste separation.”

Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik hss79@asiae.co.kr

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