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Landfill 3-1 in Seo-gu, Incheon, has been removing trash from Seoul, Incheon, and Gyeonggi since September 2018. Reporter Shim Seok-yong
On the afternoon of the 11th, a 3-1 landfill in the metropolitan area, Baekseok-dong, Seo-gu, Incheon. Vehicles lined up at the landfill spilled waste. The pile of garbage that was piled up quickly disappeared from the dirt that the garbage truck dumped. Irrigation work to avoid dirt and dust was in full swing throughout the landfill. After the first stage of recovery ended, a place covered with a green dust barrier was also seen. In this landfill of 1.33 million square meters, the garbage generated by 64 local governments of the metropolitan area is collected. Average daily waste is 14,000 tons. In 2015, the four-part advisory bodies for the landfills in Seoul, Incheon, Gyeonggi and the Ministry of the Environment agreed to use 3-1 of the remaining landfills. However, if an alternative landfill could not be found, it was decided to additionally dump up to 15% of the remaining landfill. An official from Sudokwon Landfill Site Management Corporation explained that “about 30% of the current 3-1 landfill has been landfilled.”
Conflicts between local governments related to garbage disposal facilities are increasing across the country. With the growing number of local governments advocating for the “place of disposal principle” to remove garbage where it is generated, the garbage dispute is entering a long-term war.
Incheon City Decides Its Own Landfill, Yeongheung Island
Incheon Eco Land Overview (working name). Reporter Shim Seok
On the 12th, the city of Incheon selected a site of approximately 140,000㎡ in Yeongheung-myeon, Ongjin-gun, Incheon as a candidate site for a new waste dump, ‘Eco-friendly Eco Land (tentative name). It is a scale that can be used for 40 years by bringing in around 161 tons of waste per day. The idea of the city is to bury incinerators and non-combustible materials 40 meters underground and block them from the surroundings by constructing an air dome or building in the ground, rather than a direct burial method. In addition to the Eco Land candidate site, the city announced three candidate sites for the newly established Regional Resource Recycling Center (incineration plant).
The City of Incheon has argued that if the construction of an alternative landfill is delayed, each local government must dispose of the garbage in accordance with the principle of disposal of origin. At the end of last year, Seoul was the highest at 1.42 million tonnes (42%), followed by 1.25 million tonnes (37%) in Gyeonggi and 690,000 tonnes (21%) in Incheon. Unlike the city of Incheon, which has selected its own candidates for the landfill, the city of Seoul and Gyeonggi-do follow a parallel line in discussions between the four-party councils without revealing specific positions.
Metropolitan area garbage dump. Graphic = Reporter Kim Joo-won [email protected]
Conflict between Naju and Gwangju over bringing in waste fuel
View of SRF Cogeneration Power Plant in Sanpo-myeon, Naju-si, Jeollanam-do, Freelancer Jang Jeong-pil
Gwangju Metropolitan City and Naju City Jeollanam-do are also disputed garbage areas. The Korea District Heating Corporation has been dealing for three years with the introduction of fuel made from household waste in Gwangju to the SRF (Solid Waste Fuel) cogeneration power plant built in Sanpo-myeon, Naju- yes, Jeollanam-do. The Naju city side raises the problem that fuel made from household waste in the Gwangju area reaches the Naju SRF power plant. They claim that only domestic waste from Naju, Mokpo and Suncheon can be burned according to the ‘Residual Energy Business Cooperation Agreement’ signed in 2009.
Gwangju City maintains that it is impossible to operate SRF power plants normally only with household waste in the Jeonnam region. It takes an average of 300 tons of waste per day to operate SRF’s power plant, but the Jeonnam region claims that only 150 tons can be produced per day. It is said that there is no problem with the process as it was selected for the Korea District Heating Corporation competition and brought SRF fuel from the Gwangju region to Naju. Gwangju City tried to dispose of 300 tons of the 550 tons of daily household waste at the Naju SRF power plant. However, as landfills increased due to opposition from Naju, the period of use of existing landfills decreased and the situation needed to find an alternative landfill.
Uijeongbu City Faces Pocheon and Yangju Over Incineration Plant
Uijeongbu City, Gyeonggi Province, faces Pocheon and Yangju over the issue of relocation of waste incinerators. The city of Uijeongbu made plans to move the waste incinerator to Jail-dong last year. This is because the existing incinerator in Jangam-dong is entering its 20th year of construction and it is determined that it needs to be expanded. However, not only Jail-dong but also Pocheon and Yangju, which are adjacent, are opposed. An official from the city of Uijeongbu said: “The issue has been presented to the Central Committee for Mediation of Environmental Disputes for interlocal coordination.
The director of the Society for Recycling of Flood Heat Resources and the Economic Research Institute pointed out that “it is appropriate to dispose of garbage in the area where it is generated or as close as possible.” He added: “Each local government must ensure an infrastructure to reduce the amount of trash transported,” he added. “It is necessary to consider whether the direction of creating a new alternative landfill in addition to the existing landfill is effective.”
Reporters Shim Seok-yong and Jin Chang-il [email protected]
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