Anseong City Wins Top Award in Gyeonggi Province's "Clean Gyeonggi" Initiative

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyeok] Anseong City announced on the 19th that it has been selected as the most excellent local government in Gyeonggi Province's "Clean Gyeonggi" evaluation for cities and counties, securing 150 million won in rewards business funds.

Gyeonggi Province's "Clean Gyeonggi" evaluation divides 31 cities and counties in the province into three groups (A, B, C) according to Gyeonggi Province's city and county order regulations, conducting quantitative evaluation on 14 indicators including reducing household waste generation and improving recycling rates, as well as qualitative evaluation of special household waste reduction initiatives and best practices.

According to the evaluation results, Anseong City, classified in Group C, achieved excellent results in most evaluation items including △reducing waste generation and improving recycling rates △strengthening crackdowns and promotional campaigns to prevent illegal activities △establishing separate collection infrastructure and rapid processing systems △assigning responsibility and conducting environmental activities to expand resident participation.

In particular, this year the city implemented various measures to reduce disposable products, expanding the use of reusable containers not only within public institutions but also at events, festivals, meetings, food delivery restaurants, and funeral halls. Additionally, the city has identified and implemented various new policies including establishing a lithium battery recycling safe collection system to facilitate the transition to a circular economy society, operating the Anseong Environmental Education Center, managing community environmental leaders, selecting and commending excellent recycling facilities, and other initiatives.

A city official said, "Based on this year's award experience, we will continue to develop citizen-participatory projects and implement various policies to improve citizen awareness and increase recycling rates," and added, "We urge citizens to actively participate in establishing a proper household waste disposal culture going forward."