Suwon to Halt Production of 100ℓ Pay-as-You-Throw Bags, Introduce 75ℓ Standard

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Suwon will discontinue the supply of 100ℓ garbage pay-as-you-throw bags starting from the 5th.

The city announced that it will promulgate and implement the 'Partial Amendment to the Ordinance on Waste Management in Suwon' on the 5th, which includes halting the production of 100ℓ garbage pay-as-you-throw bags and establishing a new 75ℓ bag standard.

The amendment deletes the existing 100ℓ standard for incineration-use pay-as-you-throw bags. It also establishes a new 75ℓ standard for incineration-use pay-as-you-throw bags and limits the weight of garbage that can be disposed of in pay-as-you-throw bags to 19kg or less.

The city plans not to supply 100ℓ pay-as-you-throw bags once current inventory is depleted. Citizens who have already purchased 100ℓ pay-as-you-throw bags may continue to use them. The 75ℓ pay-as-you-throw bags are scheduled to be sold from mid-October.

Concerns have been consistently raised that filling 100ℓ garbage pay-as-you-throw bags to capacity creates large, heavy loads that threaten the safety of residential waste collection and transport workers.

The city has been pursuing an amendment to the ordinance that reduces the standard size and discharge weight of incineration-use pay-as-you-throw bags to prevent safety accidents and protect environmental management workers.

Kim Young-shik, head of the city's Sanitation and Resources Division, said, "Thanks to citizens' cooperation, we were able to halt the production of 100ℓ pay-as-you-throw bags that threaten the safety of environmental management workers," and added, "By reducing the maximum standard size of pay-as-you-throw bags, we will ensure the safety of residential waste collection and transport workers."