Hwaseong Receives '2025 Clean Gyeonggi' Award as Top-Rated City for Second Consecutive Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Park Chan-hyuk Reporter] Hwaseong Special City ranked first in Group A (top award) in Gyeonggi Province's '2025 Clean Gyeonggi' city and county evaluation, earning recognition as the top-rated local government for the second consecutive year, the city announced on the 18th.

This evaluation is part of the comprehensive 'Clean Gyeonggi' project promoted by Gyeonggi Province. The province divides 31 cities and counties within the region into three groups by population size and conducts the evaluation annually.

The evaluation was conducted by combining an outstanding case presentation session for residential waste reduction (qualitative evaluation) and 10 quantitative indicators in the residential waste sector (quantitative evaluation).

As a result of the evaluation, Hwaseong City was selected as first place in overall evaluation by combining quantitative and qualitative scores among the 10 cities in Group A, winning the top award.

Hwaseong Special City achieved excellent results across all areas for creating a pleasant living environment, including △reducing residential waste generation △improving recycling rates △promoting public awareness and education to prevent illegal activities △building separate collection infrastructure.

In particular, the city received high marks by collaborating with 29 towns and districts to promote 'a dignified and clean city-building project with citizens,' conducting inspections and guidance for businesses restricting single-use items, revitalizing the happiness seed adoption project, and presenting outstanding cases while promoting citizen-participated resource circulation.

Lee Byeong-seop, head of the Resource Circulation Division, said "Reducing residential waste is possible only with citizens' participation," and added "The city will continue to create a clean urban environment through establishing a sustainable resource circulation culture together with citizens."