Gwangjin-gu "Starting Next Year, Garbage Can Be Disposed of 6 Days a Week"

Gwangjin-gu, Seoul (Mayor Kim Kyung-ho) announced on the 21st that it will implement a daily household waste collection system starting January 1st next year. The current system, which collects waste every other day three times a week, will be changed to a six-day-a-week collection system (excluding Saturdays) from the new year. Gwangjin-gu explained that this reflects the strong commitment to innovatively improve the waste collection system, a pledge of the 8th local government administration.

Accordingly, all 15 neighborhoods in Gwangjin-gu will be able to dispose of waste six days a week on Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday. Saturdays, when public processing facilities such as Gangnam Resource Recovery Facility and Sudokwon Landfill Site halt waste intake, as well as legal holidays, are excluded.

The district will also unify the previously dual system of direct management and outsourcing for waste collection. All household waste (general, food, and recyclables) will be collected by outsourced companies under the improved system.

Kim Kyung-ho, Mayor of Gwangjin-gu, said, “We expect that the implementation of the daily collection system will resolve the inconvenience of household waste disposal and greatly enhance residents’ convenience.”

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