Hwasun County Implements 7th Seasonal Fine Dust Management System

Ban on Illegal Burning of Agricultural By-products

Exterior view of Hwasun County Office

On February 13, Hwasun County in South Jeolla Province announced that it will implement a "Fine Dust Reduction Plan in the Agricultural Sector" to prevent the illegal burning of agricultural by-products, which has been identified as a major source of air pollution in rural areas, during the "7th Seasonal Fine Dust Management System (December to March)," a period when high concentrations of fine dust occur frequently.

The customary burning of agricultural by-products in rural areas is not only a major cause of fine particulate matter (PM-2.5) emissions, but also a key factor that increases the risk of wildfires.

In response, the county will intensively operate an "Agricultural By-product Shredding Support Team" to assist elderly farming households and vulnerable groups and to fundamentally block illegal burning.

The Shredding Support Team directly shreds hard-to-collect items such as red pepper stems, perilla stems, and pruned branches from orchards on site. The shredded by-products are then recycled as compost to supply nutrients to the soil, creating an expected resource-circulation effect.

Choi Eunsun, head of the Agricultural Technology Center, said, "We ask for the active cooperation of all farmers to completely eradicate illegal burning in order to protect the clean skies of Hwasun and prevent wildfires."

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