Yongin Selected as Excellent Municipality in Gyeonggi Province's 'Creating Clean Gyeonggi' Evaluation

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park No-hun] Yongin city announced on the 6th that it was selected as an excellent municipality among 10 large cities in Gyeonggi Province's 'Creating Clean Gyeonggi' municipal and county evaluation and will receive 100 million won in project funds.

The province divides 31 municipalities and counties within the province into three groups (A, B, C) based on population to combat litter and create a clean environment. It evaluates detailed indicators across six sectors—residential areas, roads, forests, rivers, farmlands, and marine areas—to select excellent municipalities.

The city received high marks for strengthening communication by establishing an SNS community that includes cleanup officials from three districts and 31 eup and myeon subdivisions, as well as mobile response teams from outsourced contractors, to rapidly address civil complaints related to household waste collection.

The city also received positive evaluation for actively addressing habitual illegal dumping by expanding monitoring personnel and surveillance cameras at each district office, utilizing vehicle black boxes, and revising ordinances to increase rewards for illegal dumping reports.

A city official stated, "We will do our best to establish an infrastructure to eliminate illegal dumping and develop a proper household waste disposal culture to create a more pleasant and cleaner city."