Cleaning administration

1. Citizen Cooperation
   1. Make a habit of garbage recycling to save resources and reduce the amount of waste.
      • Separate discharge of recycled products by type: newspapers, paper, bottles, plastic, etc.
   2. Do not throw away household garbage on the back road or the back street, but use the official bags to discharge it at the appointed time.
      • Emission time: 20:00 to 05:00 the following day
   3. After removing the water from the food garbage, it should be added to the food-specific collection container (6ℓ) at home, and to Dedicated collection container in case of workplaces (restaurant, apartment, etc.)
      • Emission time: 20:00 to 05:00 the following day
      • Every day: All Dong-gu Areas
   4. Large-size waste should be reported to the relevant government office and gu office in advance. Pay the fee and discharge it.
   5. Let us clean alleys in front of one’s own workplace and home to make a clean neighborhood.
   6. Let us think that what looks dirty to me, looks dirty to others.
   7. Let us stop thinking ‘it’s just me and it won’t make a difference’.

Promotion of trash weighting system

1. Background and cleaning costs self-reliance
   1. The volume-rate garbage disposal system is a system that charges collection fees in accordance with the amount of emissions where the processing fees are paid by the causing person, and it was introduced to reduce the amount of waste disposal and sanitize the discharged waste, and to improve the cleaning service.
   2. The volume-rate garbage disposal system, which was implemented nationwide in 1995, was aimed at achieving 100% level of self-reliance on waste disposal costs by 2001 but due to a national economic financial crisis IMF in 1997, it was repressed to suppress increasing cost of utilities and resolve the inconveniences in the lives of people, then in order to solve the problem of poor local finances due to the chronic deficit in waste disposal costs, the price of government issue waste bags was increased to raise self-reliance from 35% to 47.4% in November 2000, but it is still far off from 100% reliance on causing persons.
2. Government issue bags supply
   1. Types of government issue bags Garbage bags are divided into general purpose, gunnysack, and public purpose, where general backs are used for domestic waste, gunnysacks are used for small amounts of construction waste, and public purpose bags are used for roadside and back alley wastes.
   2. Government issue bags sales
      • General-purpose and gunnysack bags are purchased and used by the waste discharger from sales agents designated by the mayor.
      • Public purpose bags are periodically supplied to environmental cleaners in accordance with the procedures set by the Mayor.
   3. Government issue bags sales price

      Government issue bags sales price - Division, By size, Price (KRW), Remarks

      Division	By size	Price (KRW)	Remarks
      Food waste	6ℓ	280
      	20ℓ	1,410
      General waste	10ℓ	380
      	20ℓ	740
      	30ℓ	1,110
      	50ℓ	1,830
      	75ℓ	2,730
      	100ℓ	3,640
      Gunnysack	30ℓ	1,420
      	60ℓ	2,840
      	120ℓ	5,680

Illegal dumping enforcement

Garbage dumping enforcement and fines

1. Legal Basis Waste Management Act Article 7 (Prohibition of waste dumping), Article 15 (Coordination with Treatment of Municipal Waste Generators), if the discharger violates discharge method, fines are imposed based on regulations in Article 63 (Imposition of Fines) and Dong-gu Waste Management Regulations Article 27
2. Enforcement : 14 cleaning teams, 28 people
3. Enforcement method : Daily circulation control and night special control
4. Fines standard Differential charge from 50,000 won to 1,000,000 won according to GwangjuDong-gu Ordinance on waste management Article 25

Recycling

1. Separate Recycling Recyclables and Disposal Method

   Recycling - Type, Recycled items, Disposal method, Items that can not be recycled

   Type		Recycled items	Disposal method	Items that can not be recycled
   ※All recyclables are packed in separate collection boxes or bound by items, or put into a clear bags for disposal. (Recycled products must be separated and discharged by item. If you put it all in one bag because they are recycled items, it will not be collected as the discharge method is wrong.)
   Paper		Newspaper	Neatly stacked bundles of straightened paper	Vinyl coated paper Paper with foreign substance such as tape and spring Disposable diaper, toilet paper Photo, waterproof paper, receipt paper, paper with foreign substance
   		Booklets, notebooks, paper shopping bags, calendars, wrapping paper, boxes	Bundled for easy transportation
   		Packs (cartons, paper cups)	After washing once with water, they are squeezed and bundled or put into a transparent bag and discharged.
   Plastic		Plastic containers	Separate and remove foreign materials such as lid, label, etc.	Composite materials Plastic products (household appliances, school supplies, toys, video tapes, diskettes, etc.) Waste oil containers Plastics and wire products (hangers, etc.)
   		Pet bottle Yogurt bottle Egg board	Discharge after removing contents and lid
   Bottle		Drinks bottles, liquor bottles Other miscellaneous bottles	Discharge after removing the foreign substances such as lid and contents	Mirrors, broken glass, ceramics, sample bottles, etc.
   Metal	Scrap metal	Scrap iron (metal items) Non-ferrous metals (nickel silver, stainless, aluminum frames, etc.)	Minimize volume and bind Remove mixed foreign matter
   	Cans	Iron cans, aluminum cans	Empty contents	Things that contain foreign matter such as paint container, engine oil container, used oil container
   		Others (Butane gas, pesticide containers, etc.)	Butane gas, insecticide containers, etc. are pierced before discharge
   Clothing		cotton, textile clothes that can be worn (used clothes)	Put it in a transparent plastic bag to prevent it from getting wet.	Pillow, quilt, uniforms Underwear Torn or dirty clothes
   Styrofoam		Styrofoam buffer Packing boxes for agriculture, fishery, livestock products Packing cushioning materials	Styrofoam for household appliances such as TV, refrigerator, washing machine and audio is returned to the place where product was purchased Remove foreign substances such as box tape, brand stickers	Styrofoam for construction such as panel Waste styrofoam with foreign substance or coated with other material. cup ramen containers, etc.
   Film type packaging material		Instant products packaging such as sweets, ramen, etc.	Remove foreign matter (crumbs, ramen soup, etc.) and bind	Packing material containing foreign substance Packing material mixed with disposable vinyl
   Vinyl		Disposable Vinyl bag Rural waste vinyl	After removing foreign matter, bundle and discharge	Vinyl with foreign substances
   Fluorescent lamp		Waste fluorescent lights	Prevent breakage	Broken fluorescent light, incandescent bulb, night light, etc.
   Batteries		Used batteries		Separate collection from 2008