Residents of Gosaek-dong Request Measures to Address Odor, Submit Petition

Approximately 4,000 residents of Gosaek-dong have submitted a petition to the Suwon City Council requesting the establishment of a residents' consultative body for a food waste recycling facility, and the matter is expected to be discussed at the city council's extraordinary session scheduled for March.

Baek Sun-ki, chairman of the residents' representatives of Gosaek-dong, and councilor Park Jang-won visited the Suwon City Council office on the 5th to submit the petition urging the establishment of the residents' consultative body.

The petition contains signatures from 4,240 residents of the Gosaek-dong area and notes that while residents are experiencing inconvenience due to odor in the process of treating an average of 150 tons of food waste per day, resident opinions are not being reflected at all, urging the establishment of a residents' support consultative body.

Additionally, an explanatory opinion document was attached introducing the residents' petition regarding the establishment of the residents' consultative body by councilors Park Jang-won and Hong Ki-dong, in accordance with the operational ordinance of the Suwon City Council.

The residents' petition will be reviewed at the 253rd extraordinary session of the city council scheduled for next month, where the Economic and Environment Committee, the relevant standing committee, will examine whether to submit the petition's contents to the plenary session for a vote.

Councilor Park Jang-won, who introduced the residents' petition, stated, "In the case of Ulsan Metropolitan City, an ordinance establishing a residents' support consultative body for food waste facilities has been enacted and is being operated for composting facilities," and added, "Suwon City should also establish a residents' support consultative body in which residents of the Gosaek-dong area participate."