Waste Management in Seoul

소개

Seoul, the capital city of Korea, has grown explosively since the 1960s, in step with Korea’s successful export-led industrialization strategy. Now, Seoul is home to more than 10 million people in an area of 605 km2. Due to the rapid and unplanned development with long history of resides since 14th century, Seoul recently confronted many problems in terms of sustainable development. One of the problems is that Seoul didn’t manage the urban residential garbage and industrial solid waste dumping well. During the period of rapid industrialization, Seoul did not pay much attention to sustainable development, so did Seoul pay less attention to environmental priority policy. In this paper, My notion is that whether SEOUL is in the sustainable development model or not. I will search for the waste management system and Nanjido landfill restoration project in terms of sustainability.

목차

I. ABSTRACT
II. INTRODUCTION
1. SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT
2. SEOUL’S CHALLENGE
3. THE HISTORY OF SEOUL
4. MAJOR EFFORTS IN TERMS OF SUSTAINABILITY
1) CHEONGGYECHEON RESTORATION
2) TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM
3) GREEN SPACE EXPANSION
III. ASSESSMENT OF WASTE MANAGEMENT
1. WASTES MANAGEMENT OF SEOUL
2. VOLUME BASED WASTE FEE SYSTEM
1) Meaning of Volume Based Waste Fee System
2) Principles for the Application of the Volume Based Waste Fee System
3) Operation of Volume Based Waste Fee System
4) Results of Volume Based Waste Fee System
5) Development of the Waste Recycling Industry and its Technology
3. NANJIDO LANDFILL RESTORATION
IV. CONCLUSION

본문내용

SEOUL in the recent expansion period since 1960, had been confronted many problems because of industrialized agglomeration. SEOUL successfully managed wastes as recycling resources from barriers of sustainable development. In terms of sustainable development, Seoul followed the right track in the waste management system with two good practices.
First, SEOUL implemented Volume Based Waste Fee System in January 1995 to achieve a cleaner environment by producing less wastes. The system introduced the concept of imposing a charge for waste to the general population by applying the “Producer Pays” Principle, which forces the person who discharges waste to pay the disposal cost according to the quantity of waste he or she produces.
Second, SEOUL Nanjido Landfill Restoration is a positive example of resource recycling, using methane gas produced in the Nanjido landfill under the park as a source of heat energy. This landfill was a previously useless lot which contained waste piled up to 100 meters tall. The Nanjido park has been transformed into a productive ecological park. Increasingly large numbers of citizens and tourists visit this eco-friendly park to enjoy the inspiring scenes of nature. In the future, Seoul has plan to create an ecologically attractive site to visit by linking Nanjido Eco-park, the amazing scenery of the Han River and environment-friendly energy facilities. In conclusion, in terms of sustainable wastes management, SEOUL is on the right track to minimize waste and maximize recycling by policy priority with corporation of citizens.

참고자료

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