Suwon Special City to Build Circular System for Useful Waste Resources through Public-Private Collaboration

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jeong Jun-seong] Suwon Special City will standardize the disposal and collection of useful household waste resources generated at alley-type shopping streets and establish an ongoing management system based on public-private cooperation.

On the 21st, the city signed a Memorandum of Understanding on "Establishing a Circular System for Useful Waste Resources" with the Suwon Alley-type Shopping Street Association, Suwon City Corporation, and Suwon Urban Foundation at the City Hall Situation Room, pledging cooperation.

The signing ceremony was attended by Kwon Hyuk-ju, Director of the Environment Bureau of Suwon City; Jung Kyung-soo, President of the Suwon Alley-type Shopping Street Association; Lee Byung-jin, President of Suwon Urban Foundation; and Oh Hyun-jae, Director of Transportation and Environment Division at Suwon City Corporation.

Under the agreement, the four organizations will discover sustainable resource circulation models with the participation of merchants and citizens, and cooperate to establish eco-friendly consumer and sales culture within alley commercial districts.

They will also plan resource circulation cooperation projects and operate detailed programs, providing customized environmental education to merchants, and conducting business promotion and monitoring. The Suwon Alley-type Shopping Street Association will encourage participation in separate disposal and collection systems at shopping streets.

Useful household waste resources are recyclable waste materials, including used batteries, paper packs, and transparent PET bottles. The city has been expanding the practice of "resource circulation in daily life" by operating projects to collect and exchange useful household waste resources.

Accordingly, the city plans to establish a system spanning from disposal to collection centered on alley-type shopping streets, and gradually expand the resource circulation model with participation from both commercial districts and local communities.

A city official stated, "With this agreement, we expect a reduction in household waste in commercial districts and an increase in the recovery rate of high-quality recyclable resources," adding, "We will continue to make efforts to create a resource-circular carbon-neutral green city."