Yongin City Replaces 1,359 Food Waste Pay-As-You-Throw Devices in Multi-Family Housing

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hoon Reporter] Yongin City announced on the 21st that it has replaced 1,359 RFID (Radio Frequency Identification)-based food waste pay-as-you-throw devices installed at multi-family housing complexes within the city.

The replacement was necessary because the existing devices had become outdated, frequently malfunctioning due to salt in food waste, causing unpleasant odors and deteriorating the appearance of multi-family housing complexes.

Accordingly, the city invested 2 billion won in city funds to replace aging equipment installed at 166 multi-family housing complexes, including 28 in Cheoein-gu, 89 in Giheung-gu, and 49 in Suji-gu. In the previous year, 149 devices were replaced.

The city plans to conduct a survey of demand for all multi-family housing complexes in the area, reflect the results in next year's budget, and sequentially replace aging devices. Additionally, the city is exploring ways to recycle major components from aging devices to reduce costs.

A city official stated, “We ask residents for careful management so that food waste pay-as-you-throw devices can be used for a long time,” and added, “We will develop policies that match an eco-friendly ecological city, including effective food waste reduction measures.”

Meanwhile, the city operates a competition among multi-family housing complexes to reduce food waste, and reduced approximately 26.6 tons of waste in the previous year.