"Any Alternatives to Reduction and Recycling? Opposition to Industrial Waste Landfills Seeking Only Large Land" ... Jeong Jong-bok, Gijang County Mayor, Sends Letter to Busan City

Jeong Jong-bok, head of Gijang County (right), is meeting with Lee Seong-gwon, Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of Busan City (left), to oppose the installation of an industrial waste landfill in Myeongrye-ri, Jangan-eup, and is delivering a written statement.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] On the 17th, Jeong Jong-bok, the mayor of Gijang-gun, Busan, met with Lee Seong-gwon, the Deputy Mayor for Economic Affairs of Busan, to oppose the installation of an industrial waste landfill in Myeongnye-ri, Jangan-eup, and personally delivered a letter.

During the meeting with Deputy Mayor Lee Seong-gwon, Mayor Jeong Jong-bok stated, “We cannot accept Busan City's installation of an industrial waste landfill that restricts the residential rights and pursuit of happiness of Gijang residents,” and added, “Busan City should not force the sacrifice of local governments with large areas like Gijang-gun by simply looking for wide land to bury waste without any vision, direction, or consideration regarding waste.”

Mayor Jeong urged Busan City, saying, “Instead of only seeking a second large landfill, priority should be given to reducing and recycling waste as the most important measures to solve the waste problem,” and “Please establish fundamental measures to reduce the generation of industrial waste itself and make a turning point for minimizing waste and maximizing recycling to create a sustainable, premium eco-friendly city of Busan without waste concerns.”

Earlier, in September, a business plan to install a large-scale industrial waste landfill in Myeongnye-ri, Jangan-eup, was submitted to Busan City.

According to the business plan, the planned landfill site covers approximately 60,000 pyeong in the Myeongnye-ri area of Jangan-eup, Gijang-gun, and will handle business and construction waste generated throughout Busan City.

The planned landfill site is located near the boundary between Busan and Ulsan and is close to the residential area of Onyang-eup, Ulsan City, which has also opposed the landfill installation.

Gijang-gun plans to continue consultations with Busan City until the industrial waste landfill installation project in Myeongnye-ri, Jangan-eup is resolved smoothly, to prevent any harm to the residents.

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