Seoul City Completes Major Downtown and Alleyway Cleaning Ahead of Chuseok Holiday

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Seoul City and Autonomous Districts Operate Cleaning Situation Rooms and Conduct Emergency Duty of Mobile Teams

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The Seoul Metropolitan Government is implementing a Chuseok cleaning plan to maintain a clean and pleasant Seoul throughout the Chuseok holiday period. Before the holiday, a citywide thorough cleaning will be conducted in downtown areas, and during the holiday, city and district cleaning control rooms and patrol teams will operate to focus on managing vulnerable cleaning areas such as places with high foot traffic and illegal dumping.

According to Seoul City on the 5th, all garbage generated before the Chuseok holiday will be collected and transported to resource recovery facilities to ensure there are no issues with waste disposal. Additionally, the city plans to provide advance notice of garbage disposal dates and methods for each district during the holiday period through district websites, local media, and social media.

On the 9th and 10th, which fall during the holiday period, the disposal of household waste will be prohibited for two consecutive days in all 25 districts, and waste disposal will be allowed from the night of September 12, the last day of the holiday. On the 11th, household waste disposal will be permitted in 16 districts including Jongno-gu, but detailed information should be confirmed through district websites regarding garbage disposal dates during the holiday.

During the Chuseok holiday, a total of 26 cleaning control rooms will be established and operated by Seoul City and the districts, and 647 cleaning patrol team members will promptly respond to citizen complaints such as cleaning issues. The "cleaning patrol team" will focus daily on managing vulnerable areas by cracking down on illegal dumping and collecting garbage to prevent inconvenience caused by garbage accumulation in major downtown areas and along streets.

Furthermore, 6,566 environment sanitation workers, both directly employed by districts and contracted, are cleaning major streets and handling complaints while collecting disposed household waste. This plan will continue during the holiday to ensure no inconvenience to citizens' daily lives.

Starting from the 13th, after the holiday ends, each district will mobilize all cleaning personnel and equipment to collectively collect and process the backlog of waste accumulated during the holiday. Heo Jeong-won, Director of the Seoul Metropolitan Government's Living Environment Division, stated, "Seoul will thoroughly implement cleaning measures such as garbage collection during the Chuseok holiday to ensure no inconvenience to citizens," and added, "We also ask citizens to refrain from illegal dumping and to comply with district-specific garbage disposal dates to help maintain a pleasant holiday environment."

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