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The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and the three Seoul-area jurisdictions\u2014Seoul, Incheon and Gyeonggi Province\u2014announced they will temporarily permit exceptional direct landfilling to address a gap in waste processing caused by maintenance at public incinerators. They said the metropolitan landfill will accept 163,000 tons per year beginning March 23. (\u2248 179,677 short tons) <\/p>\n

This measure is intended to prevent disruptions when unavoidable events\u2014such as incinerator shutdowns\u2014occur, even though direct landfilling of household waste is generally banned as of this year. The national and local governments said they will reduce the permitted volume relative to past levels and phase in further cuts to keep direct landfilling to a minimum. <\/p>\n

The ministry and the three jurisdictions said the Metropolitan Landfill Management Corporation\u2019s steering committee approved an annual exceptional direct-landfill allowance of 163,000 tons for the incinerator maintenance period. (\u2248 179,677 short tons) <\/p>\n

Under the decision, direct landfilling of household waste generated in the metropolitan area remains generally prohibited from January 1. However, the law permits direct landfilling in unavoidable cases such as disasters or shutdowns of waste-processing facilities. <\/p>\n

The limited, exceptional allowance aims to ensure stable processing of metropolitan household waste during unavoidable public incinerator outages while avoiding an excessive shift toward private contractors. <\/p>\n

The 163,000-ton allowance represents about 31% of the metropolitan landfill\u2019s three-year average direct-landfill volume (524,000 tons). (\u2248 577,611 short tons) The three jurisdictions must reduce direct-landfill volumes during the maintenance period by 10% from the recent three-year average (181,000 tons). (\u2248 199,518 short tons) They plan to expand the reduction rate in stages. <\/p>\n

Kim Go-eung, director of the ministry\u2019s Resources Circulation Bureau, said, \u201cWe will manage this thoroughly to ensure that metropolitan household waste is handled reliably during the public incinerator maintenance period.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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