Suwon Citizens, Please Follow Waste Disposal Times and Weight Limits

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon City will continue to enforce domestic waste disposal regulations through September in accordance with the "Suwon City Waste Management Ordinance."

In particular, in densely commercial areas, the city is determined to achieve practical enforcement by implementing measures such as refusing collection of garbage that does not meet disposal time and weight requirements.

In advance of the summer season, the city moved up garbage collection time by one hour starting in June and has decided to strengthen enforcement and publicity activities to manage urban appearance during summer and prevent odor issues.

This publicity and enforcement campaign will be conducted in a customized manner with divided time slots, focusing on verification of compliance with disposal weight and disposal time requirements.

First, during morning garbage collection hours, the city will verify whether the designated disposal weight has been followed.

Previously, the city revised its ordinance in November last year for worker safety, setting weight limits at 13 kg for 50-liter pay-per-use bags and 25 kg for 100-liter pay-per-use bags.

Additionally, from 3 p.m. onwards, the city will conduct publicity activities targeting commercial establishments that do not follow disposal times.

It was found that motels and commercial establishments in entertainment districts typically dispose of garbage in the morning or early evening when cleaning managers are on duty, and mostly do not comply with time requirements.

The city will also enforce regulations against cases where pay-per-use bags are not used or recyclables are not properly sorted, attaching non-collection stickers.

In particular, the city plans special management of representative entertainment district areas such as the Ingye-dong commercial dense area, Na Hye-seok Street, and Suwon Station theme street.

During enforcement conducted in Ingye-dong on the 28th, the city refused to collect approximately 30 cases of garbage where disposal weight was exceeded or waste was excessively packed in pay-per-use bags. The city identified the waste generators, provided guidance, and distributed promotional materials to encourage compliance.

The city plans to monitor regular enforcement and compliance with disposal weight requirements to review potential additional adjustments to the maximum capacity of pay-per-use bags in the future.

A city official said, "We will make efforts to create a clean street environment through continued on-site enforcement and publicity," and urged citizens to "comply with the weight limits of pay-per-use bags to help create a safe working environment for waste collection workers."