Yongin City Distributes 60,000 Clear PET Bottle Sorting Bags

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Choi Ki-ho] Yongin Special City announced on the 11th that it has distributed 63,350 special sorting bags to 559 multi-family housing complexes in the region to support the separate disposal of clear PET bottles.

The city has been implementing a clear PET bottle separate disposal system since 2020 for multi-family housing, expanding it to single-family homes in 2021.

The initiative aims to separately collect clear PET bottles so they are not mixed with general PET bottles, allowing them to be recycled into high-quality raw materials.

Only colorless and transparent PET bottles should be placed in the dedicated clear PET sorting bags, while colored PET bottles and general plastics must be disposed of separately. Colorless transparent PET bottles such as beverages and bottled water should be emptied of contents and labels, compressed, capped, and then disposed of.

Last year, the city also distributed approximately 70,000 special bags to promote separate clear PET disposal, and is providing guidance on clear PET sorting methods by displaying promotional videos on elevators in eup-myeon-dong administrative welfare centers and city government buildings.

A city official stated, "We hope citizens will actively participate in the separate clear PET disposal system for environmental protection," and added, "The city will continue to inform residents of proper sorting methods to increase recycling rates."