Gochang-gun Receives 'Minister of Environment Commendation' for Food Waste Management Performance Evaluation

[Gochang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil] On the 15th, Jeonbuk Gochang-gun announced that it received the Minister of Environment’s Commendation at the ‘Food Waste Management Local Government Performance Evaluation’ hosted by the Ministry of Environment.

The Ministry of Environment discovers and rewards best practices through performance evaluations of local governments’ food waste management status.

Since 2013, the county has invested 450 million KRW to operate 277 food waste volume-based meters (RFID) in apartment complexes, and continues to expand the distribution of food waste volume-based meters (RFID) to newly built apartment complexes with more than zero households upon request.

In particular, by holding a food waste reduction competition, incentives such as reductions in food waste disposal fees are provided to 10 outstanding apartment complexes.

Additionally, the county has selected 14 villages to promote pilot projects such as compost making, leading the establishment of a resource-circulating society.

Furthermore, a separate maintenance budget of 70 million KRW is invested to prevent odors in advance through self-cleaning and disinfection services for volume-based meters (RFID) and dedicated food waste collection containers.

Kang Pilgu, head of the county’s Environmental Sanitation Division, said, “We will continue to implement reduction policies such as thorough separation and removal of moisture to prevent an increase in food waste generation,” and added, “We ask residents to actively participate in reducing food waste.”

Gochang=Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Jaegil baekok@asiae.co.kr

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