Gyeonggi Province Plans to Reduce Maximum Capacity of Garbage Bags from 100L to 75L
Suwon NewsPublished 2020.05.13 06:22
Province to hold four rounds of meetings across four regional zones by 22nd to prevent injuries to sanitation workersTo share cases of cities implementing downsizing and discuss ways to improve working environment for sanitation workers
[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun] Gyeonggi Province announced on the 13th that it has begun consultations with cities and counties regarding a plan to reduce the maximum capacity of volume-based garbage bags from the current 100L to 75L to improve the working environment of sanitation workers.
Starting with the southern region of Gyeonggi on the 12th, the province plans to hold 'province-city/county meetings' divided into four regional zones—northern region (14th), eastern region (19th), and western region (22nd) by the 22nd—with participation from cities and counties' cleaning department heads and regional sanitation workers.These meetings were organized to prevent injury risks to sanitation workers. Currently, 100L volume-based garbage bags have a regulatory maximum weight of 25kg, but when compressed for disposal, the weight can increase to a maximum of 45kg, which has continuously raised concerns about bodily injuries and safety accidents among sanitation workers.
Recently, Bucheon City announced an ordinance to discontinue production of 100L volume-based garbage bags and newly manufacture 75L bags, drawing increased social attention to the matter.
The southern region meeting held on the 12th was attended by Suwon, Seongnam, Anyang, Gunpo, Uiwang, Osan, Anseong, and Gwacheon cities. At the meeting, cases from four cities—Yongin, Seongnam, Bucheon, and Uijeongbu—that have already reduced the maximum capacity of volume-based garbage bags from 100L to 75L were shared, and measures to address safety issues and improve the working environment for sanitation workers were discussed.
Im Yang-seon, head of the Circular Economy Division of Gyeonggi Province, said, "The issue of reducing the maximum capacity of volume-based garbage bags to prevent injuries to sanitation workers has been continuously raised," and added, "We will make every effort to adjust the volume of garbage bags in as many cities and counties in the province as possible to improve the working environment and prevent safety accidents for sanitation workers."
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