Anseong, Bucheon and 3 Other Local Governments Face 5-Day Penalty for Halting Garbage Landfill Entry

Violation rate exceeding 15% per month detected more than 3 times

Sudokwon Landfill Site
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[Asia Economy Reporter Park Hyesook] The Sudogwon Landfill Site Management Corporation announced on the 27th that it has imposed a penalty of suspending waste intake for 5 days on five local governments in Seoul and Gyeonggi Province for violating intake regulations, such as mixing recyclable waste.

Waste intake at the Sudogwon landfill site was suspended for Bucheon-si, Ansan-si, and Icheon-si in Gyeonggi Province from the 17th to the 21st of this month, and for Anseong-si and Jung-gu, Seoul from the 24th to the 28th of this month.

These local governments received penalties because the proportion of waste transport vehicles sent to the Sudogwon landfill site that were found violating regulations exceeded the standard rate.

The Landfill Corporation considers it a single violation if the monthly rate of waste transport vehicles belonging to a specific local government that fail to comply with intake regulations exceeds 15%. If such cases accumulate three or more times within a year, the local government becomes subject to intake suspension penalties.

The number of violations by local governments this year is six times for Anseong-si in Gyeonggi, four times for Bucheon-si, and three times each for Ansan-si, Icheon-si, and Jung-gu, Seoul. Anseong-si, having the highest number of violations, has received a total of four intake suspension penalties including this time.

The Landfill Corporation plans to strengthen penalties, currently unified as a '5-day intake suspension,' by applying a 5-day suspension for three violations, 7 days for four violations, and 10 days for five or more violations.

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