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New food waste disposal system to go into effect Jan. 1Pay-as-you-throw program to save government 19.5bw |
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| ▲ A total of 430 RFID food waste disposal bins have been installed on Jeju. Photos by Kim Gyong Ho |
The amount of food waste produced in Jeju is expected to drastically decrease with the establishment of a new pay-as-you-throw food waste management system.
On Oct. 15, the Jeju provincial govern-ment announced that starting Jan. 1, the disposing of food waste will cost citizens 22 won per kg, and 76 won per kg for restaurants and other large-scale establishments.
The new system will see Radio Frequency Identification Reader (RFID) bins installed at most garbage houses by next year. Designed by SK Telecom, Korea’s largest wireless carrier, the RFID bins calculate the weight of food waste to the nearest gram and auto-matically processes the payment and charges it to the citizen’s individual RFID card.
This new system is in line with the central government’s policy to reduce food waste by 20 percent nationwide by 2014. This approach, a government official from the Ministry of Environment says, should save the government 19.5 billion won (US$17 million) per year.
From for a trial period of five months from January to May of this year, the RFID system was installed in eight places throughout Korea and showed that a minimum of 3 percent to a maxi-mum of 40 percent less food waste was thrown out compared to the year previous, said a Ministry of Environ-ment official.
In Korea, where landfill space is minimal, food waste poses a significant problem, especially since it emits greenhouse gases. According to the Ministry of Environment, an estimated 170,000 tons of food waste is created per day costing the nation over 652 billion won ($600 million) a year, and this cost is continuing to rise.
In the case of Jeju Island, a total of some 203 tons of food waste was gener-ated last year, which cost 610 million won for its disposal.
Starting next year Jeju residents living in apartment buildings or residential areas of more than 50 houses will be required to dispose of food waste through the use of the RFID system. Those living in areas with no access to RFID bins will continue to use the standard plastic 5, 10, or 20 liter garbage bags.
In September, 430 RFID units in 92 communal residential areas on Jeju were installed and are currently being monitored until the new system goes in effect next year.
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