Yongin-si Improves Aging Waste Collection Facilities in Heungdeok District

Odor Reduction Technology Assessment... Improvement to Be Completed by First Half of Next Year

Yongin City in Gyeonggi Province will improve the automatic garbage collection facility in Heungdeok District, which causes odors due to aging infrastructure, by the first half of next year.

The automatic garbage collection facility is a system that gathers household and food waste through underground transport pipelines to a collection station. Currently, about 11,000 households in Heungdeok District use this facility.

Aerial view of the automatic garbage collection facility in Yongin Heungdeok District. [Photo by Yongin City]

The city acquired the facility from Korea Land and Housing Corporation (LH), the project implementer of Heungdeok District, at the end of 2009. However, due to aging infrastructure, odors have occurred nearby, leading to complaints from residents.

The city plans to conduct a technical diagnosis service by February next year to review whether there are any issues with the deodorization method or facility capacity. During this process, they will hold resident meetings to listen to inconveniences and reflect them in the service.

Based on the results of the service, the city plans to complete the facility improvements by the first half of next year.

In particular, to resolve the odor problem revealed through a recent emergency on-site inspection, the city has decided to install air curtains at the entrance doors and bio curtains at the exhaust vents inside the automatic garbage collection facility by next month.

A Yongin City official said, "Through this technical diagnosis, we will manage the system to become a more hygienic waste disposal system."

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