With the Waste Incineration Plant Confirmed in Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu States "Seeking Countermeasures with Residents"

Decision Made for New Site Next to Current Mapo Resource Recovery Facility Location

Before the residents' briefing session for the selection of the candidate site for the Sangam-dong Metropolitan Resource Recovery Facility held last year at Seoul Nurikkum Square, members of the Mapo Incineration Plant Additional Cancellation Struggle Headquarters, including residents, strongly protested. The briefing session was disrupted due to strong opposition from the residents on that day. Photo by Hyunmin Kim kimhyun81@

On the 31st, after Seoul City finalized Sangam-dong, Mapo-gu as the site for the new metropolitan resource recovery facility (waste incineration plant), Mapo-gu (District Mayor Park Gang-su) expressed regret and opposed the decision.

On the same day, when Seoul City disclosed that it had decided on two new sites including 481-6 Sangam-dong next to the Mapo Resource Recovery Facility site, Mapo-gu issued a statement saying, “Despite the continuous opposition expressed by Mapo-gu and its residents, Seoul City has finalized and announced the new incineration plant site in Sangam-dong. Mapo-gu expresses deep regret over this,” and added, “We will gather opinions from residents who have endured damage from the existing incineration plant and work together with them to devise countermeasures.”

Mapo-gu explained, “As alternatives to building the incineration plant, the district has continuously proposed policies to Seoul City that can reduce incineration waste, such as installing ‘Zero Incineration Stores’ in each autonomous district, establishing and operating pre-treatment facilities for household waste, and cracking down on mixed disposal of food waste and recyclable waste in general volume-based waste bags,” and emphasized, “Mapo-gu’s stance against additional incineration plant construction has not changed even once since Seoul City announced the additional incineration plant construction on August 31 of last year.”

Seoul City confirmed and announced Sangam-dong as the site for the additional incineration plant according to the decision of the 19th Metropolitan Resource Recovery Facility Site Selection Committee held on the 24th.

Since December 2020, the city has formed a site selection committee to promote the construction of a new metropolitan resource recovery facility capable of processing 1,000 tons per day, and on August 31 of last year, announced that the Sangam-dong area was selected as the optimal candidate site.

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