Relocation of Recycling Facility Near Yeonhwa Center

Suwon City plans to relocate its recycling facility currently located at 13 Uiui-dong, Youngtong-gu (National Route 43) to 17-3 Hadong (near Suwon's Yeonhwa Center), with earthwork construction set to begin this month.

According to the city, relocation efforts have been underway since June 2005 after the current facility site was designated as a planned access road for both the Yangjaeto-Dongtan Expressway and the Yeongdong Expressway.

Following approval of the recycling facility's implementation plan at the end of last year, the city completed design contracts with the Korea Procurement Service and Hanwha Construction in early this month.

The recycling facility to be relocated near Yeonhwa Center will have a total area of 88,235 square meters with a building area of 12,027 square meters. With total project costs of 41.999 billion won, completion is targeted for the end of 2009.

The daily processing capacity will be 160 tons, an increase of 40 tons from the current facility's 120 tons.

The city plans to expand automated equipment installations at the newly constructed recycling facility and install separate equipment to handle particulate dust that may be generated during the processing.

A official from the Recycling Division stated, "We have increased processing capacity in anticipation of future population growth such as the Gwanggyo New City. We will replace the existing labor-intensive sorting operations with automated equipment and focus on environmentally friendly processing."