Ganghwa County to Distribute Free Recycling Bags from 14th

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Shin Eun-seop] Ganghwa County announced on the 10th that it will distribute recycling bags by product category for free through eup and myeon offices starting from the 14th to increase the recycling rate of waste.

The county plans to reduce waste generation by dividing the existing garbage bags that were categorized into incineration and landfill types into four types: transparent PET bottles, cans, plastics, and glass bottles, and requiring residents to dispose of them in 50L dedicated bags.

Each eup and myeon office will distribute four types of recycling bags free of charge to each person, one of each type. If additional bags are needed, residents can receive more until the recycling bags are depleted.

Meanwhile, to reduce waste, the county is installing recycling neighborhood gardens throughout the villages and placing resource management staff to guide waste management and proper sorting methods. The recycling neighborhood gardens, a key project to support residents' proper waste sorting, have been installed at 10 locations in Ganghwa-eup, and the county plans to install an additional 200 locations this year.

Furthermore, to eliminate illegal dumping, the county will additionally install and operate 290 surveillance cameras in habitual dumping areas. The surveillance cameras are equipped with motion detection functions and conduct 24-hour filming for effective monitoring of illegal dumping. Additionally, dedicated monitoring staff conduct continuous surveillance, and last year alone, fines were imposed on 174 cases of illegal dumping.