Gyeonggi-do Collects Agricultural Waste Including Pesticide Bottles... Until April 30

Gyeonggi-do is collecting agricultural waste.

Gyeonggi Province is launching a focused collection campaign for agricultural waste.

Gyeonggi Province announced that from the 19th of this month until April 30th, it will operate a concentrated collection period for agricultural waste to prevent fires caused by illegal burning, reduce fine dust emissions, prevent soil contamination, and promote the recycling of agricultural waste.

The collection process involves farmers storing waste vinyl and pesticide containers at village-level joint collection points, which are then transported by contracted collection companies to the collection centers of the Korea Environment Corporation under the Ministry of Environment. Waste vinyl is shredded, washed, and compressed to be recycled as raw materials, while pesticide containers are either recycled or incinerated.

During the focused collection period, Gyeonggi Province plans to actively encourage farmers to participate by promoting proper disposal methods for agricultural waste and providing collection incentives.

The collection incentives are paid when farmers bring agricultural waste to the joint collection points installed in their villages, with payments based on the type and amount of waste. For waste vinyl, the payment ranges from 80 to 160 KRW per kilogram depending on the contamination level, while pesticide containers are paid 100 KRW per bottle and 80 KRW per pouch.

Seo Jin-seok, Director of the Resource Circulation Division of Gyeonggi Province, stated, "The collection of agricultural waste is a project to prevent fine dust emissions caused by illegal burning and to create a clean rural environment," urging active participation and cooperation from residents.

Meanwhile, last year Gyeonggi Province collected and processed 17,849 tons of rural waste vinyl and 3.03 million pesticide containers.

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