Yongsan-gu, Free Collection of Sewing Fabric Scraps

Distribution of Dedicated Bags for Textile Scrap Disposal Starts This Year... Over 200 Companies Participate from Cheongpa-dong to Yongsan 2-ga-dong Area... Expected to Reduce Landfill Waste and Promote Resource Recycling

Yongsan-gu, Seoul (District Mayor Park Hee-young) will start producing and distributing dedicated bags free of charge this year to collect sewing fabric scraps (sewing fabric waste) generated by local sewing companies.

This initiative aims to increase participation in separate collection and improve the recycling quality of sewing fabric scraps used as solid fuel.

The district plans to promote resource recycling and reduce the amount of landfill waste through this project.

Additionally, emitters who previously purchased general volume-based waste bags (75ℓ) themselves for separate collection can now dispose of waste using the free dedicated bags.

The dedicated disposal bags are made transparent green to distinguish them from the existing opaque white volume-based bags. Also, the front of the bag will include the emitter’s company information to implement a “real-name emission system,” encouraging emitters to take responsibility and properly separate their waste.

In November last year, 114 companies in the Cheongpa-dong area participated in a pilot project for free collection of sewing fabric scraps. Since then, the project area has expanded to Yongsan 2-ga-dong, with about 200 companies participating and approximately 35,000 dedicated bags distributed to date.

Park Hee-young, Mayor of Yongsan-gu, said, “Recycling resources is becoming increasingly important,” and added, “Through this project, we hope to reduce the waste disposal cost burden on small-scale sewing factory operators and make collection easier with the separated bags.”

Meanwhile, since 2017, the district has been promoting a project to recycle sewing fabric scraps as solid fuel. The solid fuel has a calorific value similar to coal (4000~5000 kcal/kg) and is a resource. It is commonly used in dedicated power plants, industrial boilers, and various other facilities, and is sometimes supplied as heating energy to general households by local heating companies.

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