Gwangju Dong-gu Residents Achieve 34% Reduction in Waste Disposal

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Jin-hyung] Dong-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 20th that 100 households participating in the second round this year of the ‘100-Day Challenge to Reduce Waste, Life Experiment Group’ achieved a 34% reduction in total waste output.

This result is drawing attention as it reduced waste output by more than 10% compared to last year’s 23.4% reduction, when only 100 households in Sansu 2-dong participated.

In particular, despite expanding the participation scope to the entire Dong-gu this year, the active involvement of residents leading waste reduction efforts in daily life was highly praised.

On the 19th, Dong-gu held a performance report meeting for the ‘100-Day Challenge to Reduce Waste! Life Experiment Group’ to share the achievements over the past three months (August to November).

At the meeting, a resident who won the excellence award in the Life Experiment Group’s essay contest read their essay aloud and participated in a talk concert sharing tips on reducing waste.

Earlier, in August, Dong-gu held a launch ceremony for the ‘100-Day Challenge to Reduce Waste’ in collaboration with the Gwangju Citizens’ Environmental Research Institute. The 100 households, including single-person and young households interested in environmental and climate crises, measured and separated general waste, recyclables, and food waste for 100 days, contributing to sharing and spreading effective waste separation methods.

Im Taek, Mayor of Dong-gu, said, “I send my thanks and applause to the residents of the Life Experiment Group who participated in the 100 days of waste reduction practice in daily life, which was short but long,” and added, “We will actively discover and promote resource circulation policies that residents can practice together with ongoing participation and interest.”

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