Ganghwa County to Intensify Collection of Discarded Pesticides Through Next Month

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Ganghwa County will intensively collect discarded and abandoned pesticides found throughout the county in farms, fields, and paddies through the 10th of next month.

Soil and water quality environments are progressively deteriorating due to indiscriminate disposal and abandonment of leftover pesticides from agricultural use.

In response, the county plans to invest 10 million won to intensively collect difficult-to-process discarded pesticides, thereby improving and preserving the rural environment and creating a comfortable residential environment.

Collection targets are pesticide bottles and bags containing pesticide residue. In the first phase, collection and storage will take place at designated locations in 13 eup and myeon, and in the second phase, specialized waste processing companies will collect and process them.

A county official stated, "Through continuous promotion via eup and myeon, we plan to make our best efforts to ensure that discarded pesticides are not abandoned or illegally dumped."

For more details, contact the County Agricultural Policy Division, Agricultural Policy Team at 032-930-3374.