"Dispose of Expired Medicines in Mailboxes"… Seoul City Expands Program

Collection Volume Increased by 32% Compared to the Same Period Last Year Over 3 Months

The Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on the 31st that the amount of collected waste pharmaceuticals increased by about 32% compared to the same period last year during the three months from July, following the expansion of disposal options to include mailboxes in addition to dedicated collection bins.

In June, Seoul signed a business agreement with the Ministry of Environment and the Korea Post to properly dispose of and collect waste pharmaceuticals, and is currently conducting a pilot project using mailboxes for waste pharmaceutical collection until December.

The Korea Workers' Compensation and Welfare Service also expressed its intention to participate in the waste pharmaceutical separation and disposal project, and the city plans to install collection bins at a total of nine locations, including the Seoul Regional Headquarters and Seoul Gangnam Branch of the Service, to help citizens visiting the Service conveniently separate and dispose of waste pharmaceuticals. Prior to this, the two organizations will sign an agreement on "Proper Disposal and Collection of Waste Pharmaceuticals" on the 13th of next month.

The city will continue to promote awareness of waste pharmaceutical separation and disposal and plans to gradually expand the locations for waste pharmaceutical separation and disposal through strengthened public-private cooperation projects.

Jung Mi-seon, Director of the Resource Circulation Division of Seoul, said, "We appreciate the active interest and practice of citizens regarding waste pharmaceutical separation and disposal," adding, "We will strive to make it convenient for citizens to dispose of waste pharmaceuticals."

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