From October, Designated Waste Management Standards Will Be Strengthened
The Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office announced on the 26th that from October, the management standards for the collection, transportation, and treatment of designated waste will be strengthened.
The Ministry of Environment partially amended the Enforcement Rules of the Waste Management Act last year (January 7, 2022) to strengthen the management of illegally abandoned and dumped waste, and has been applying the "On-site Information Transmission System" primarily to construction waste.
Starting from the 1st of next month, the transmission system will be expanded and implemented for designated waste as well, allowing verification of the discharge and treatment processes.
Designated waste refers to harmful substances among business site waste, such as waste oil and waste acid, which can pollute the surrounding environment, or medical waste that can harm human health.
The On-site Information Transmission System is a system designed to fundamentally prevent actions such as moving waste to inappropriate locations or falsifying weight measurements by transmitting real-time on-site information?including GPS location data of transport vehicles, closed-circuit television (CCTV) footage of vehicles entering waste treatment facilities and storage sites, and weight measurements at waste entry and exit?to the control system of the Korea Environment Corporation.
With the implementation of the On-site Information Transmission System, the Nakdong River Basin Environmental Office plans to jointly guide and inspect 281 designated waste treatment facilities within its jurisdiction together with local governments and the Korea Environment Corporation to ensure smooth establishment of the transmission system.
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Chief Officer Choi Jong-won stated, “We will strive to promptly establish the On-site Information Transmission System for waste treatment sites to eradicate illegal abandonment and dumping of waste.”
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