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Waste Discharge

Discharge method of waste

  • There are methods of discharging food waste, living waste, recycling waste, large living waste, and waste metal resource recycling
 

Guidance on Food Waste Discharge

  • Discharge method of food waste
    • Detached house area : Put the wastes into standard plastic yellow garbage bag dedicated for foods and discharge in front of your residence (building) using food waste box.
    • Multi-unit dwelling: Discharge into collection container dedicated for foods wastes with RFID chip attached
  • Materials to be discharged as general waste
 
Materials to be discharged as general waste : A table of Section,Materials to be discharged as general waste, Remarks
Section Materials to be discharged as general waste Remarks
Vegetables Pepper stem,  
Skin of onion, garlic and corn, corn stem Dry, hard skin that cannot be deemed as food waste
Grains Rice husks
Fruits Hard skin of walnut, chestnut, peanut, acorn, coconut etc. For discharging of excessively thick material or big bones (pig’s foot bone, beef leg bone etc), small quantities shall be discharged as general waste. Large quantity shall be discharged in a special gunny bag (PP gunny bag) and be reported to collectors, for the sake of proper processing at recycling facilities such as preventing breakdown of grinding devices etc.
Seed of drupes such as peach, persimmon, apricot, persimmon etc.
Meats Hairs and bone of ox, pig, chicken etc
Fish and shellfish Shell of shellfishes such as clam, conch, abalone, cockie, sea squirt, oyster etc
Big bone of Thinus alingo (tuna etc)
Scraps Scrap of various teas (green tea etc), herb scrap This means disposable green tea packaged in paper, patch etc, and shall be discharged as general waste after removing moisture and drying
 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9202
 

Guidance on Discharge of Living Waste

  • Put wastes into a standard plastic garbage bag and tie up the bag before discharge in front of your house or shop
  • Discharge hours : After sunset ~ 24:00 (22:00 ~ 24:00 discharge in case of main roadside)
  • Date of discharge
 
Guidance on Discharge of Living Waste : A table of Collection Day,Mon·Wed·Fri,Tue·Thu·Sun
Collection Day Mon·Wed·Fri Tue·Thu·Sun
Collection Areas Gongduk-dong, Ahyun-dong, Dohwa-dong, Yonggang-dong, Daehung-dong, Yeomni-dong, Sinsu-dong, Sungsan2-dong, Sangam-dong/td> Seogang-dong, Seogyo-dong, Hapjung-dong, Mangwon1-dong, Mangwon2-dong, Yeonnam-dong, Sungsan1-dong
 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9214
 

Guidance on Discharge of Recycling Waste

  • Put the recyclable item into a transparent bag (excluding black color) after removing alien substance, and discharge on designated days in front of your house or shop door
    • In case of discharge not conforming to instructions, collection is refused and refusal sticker is attached to the bag
  • Date & time of discharge : Discharge in front of your door (after sunset ~ 24:00)
 
Guidance on Discharge of Recycling Waste : A table of Collection Day,Mon·Wed·Fri,Tue·Thu·Sun.
Collection Day Mon·Wed·Fri Tue·Thu·Sun
Collection Areas Gongduk, Ahyun, Dohwa, Yonggang, Daehung, Yeomni, Sinsu, Sungsan2, Sangam Seogang, Seogyo, Hapjung, Mangwon1, Mangwon2, Yeonnam, Sungsan1
 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9200
 

Guidance on Discharge of Large Scale Living Waste

  • Large scale waste discharge method
 
Large scale waste discharge method : A table of Large scale wasted home appliances, Internet application , Call center application
Large scale wasted home appliances (TV, refrigerator, washing machine, air conditioner, home appliances of 1m or longer) : Collection by visit without charge
Internet application www.edtd.co.kr → visit date appointed → visit collection
Call center application ☎ 1599-0903 → visit date appointed → visit collection
 

※ In case of any damage in components, wasted home appliance shall be discharged in front of your house, after reporting by visit to Community Service Center or access to Borough Office website (www.mapo.go.kr) and payment for collection fee.

 
  • Large scale waste
 
Large scale waste : A tbale of Visit to Dong (District Town) Community Service Center, Internet application
Visit to Dong (District Town) Community Service Center report to Dong Community Service Center and payment of fee → sticker issuance → sticker attached and discharge
Internet application Mapo Borough website(www.mapo.go.kr/bigclean)/Mapo borough app (in case of mobile application) (Mobile application) → online application → payment → discharge sticker printed → sticker attached and discharge
 

※ When reporting discharge, time and place of discharge shall be stated correctly

 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9216
 

Guidance on Scrap Metal Resource Recycling Business

  • Purpose of business : By collection of wasted mobile phones and small home appliance, precious metal resources such as gold, silver, bronze etc are recovered, to revert the revenue to the society and to create jobs and to realize low carbon green growing city through recycling of metal resources otherwise to be wasted.
  • Target objects : Wasted mobile phones, small wasted home appliances at 1m or shorter length

Audit set, air cleaner, water purifier, gas oven range, cassette radio, irons, electric fan, spin dryer, cleaner, VTR/DVD, telephone, hair drier, air conditioner outdoor device, electric mattress, electric heater, electronic range, electric rice cooker, thermal cooker, juicer (mixer), toaster, gas ranger, computer mainframe, computer game machine, computer board, notebook computer, scanner, printer, computer multifunction device, modem, facsimile, watch

 
  • Discharge method
 
Discharge method : A table of Small waste home appliances product, Waste mobile phone
Small waste home appliances product Discharge in front of your house or into dedicated collection box (furnished at Borough Office and Dong Community Service Center, apartment management office etc) after reporting of large scale waste (no charge)
Waste mobile phone Discharge into dedicated collection box (Borough Office and Dong Community Service Center, apartment management office, school etc)
 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9227
 

Guidance on Discharge of Waste Fluorescent Light and Waste Battery

  • Guidance on Discharge of Waste Fluorescent Light and Waste Battery
    • Discharge into separated collection box installed
    • Large scale place of business (building with floor area not less than 1,000 m² or any place of business discharging wastes of 300kg or more per day) shall be disposed internally or by entrustment (query to Korea Lighting Recycling Cooperative, 02-3385-2883)

※ Broken fluorescent light shall be put into special size gunny bag (PP gunny bag) and discharged

  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9227
 

Guidance on Crackdown of Illegal Dispose of Trash

 
Guidance on Crackdown of Illegal Dispose of Trash : A table of Crackdown target, Reward paid to reporter of illegal dispose of trash
Crackdown target
  • Illegal disposal of trash such as cigarette ends, waste paper, chewing gum etc./li>
  • In case volume-rate waste bag is not used
  • In case of waste discharge in violation of designated date and time of discharge or at places other than the front of one’s own residence
  • In case of discharge in excess of the capacity of standard plastic garbage bag
  • In case of discharging large scale waste without reporting discharge
  • In case of discharging living waste mixing foods and recycling item etc
  • In case of discharging construction waste without using PP gunny bag
  • Fine of KRW 50,000 ~ 1,000,000 pursuant to the provisions at subparagraph 3, article 68 of the Waste Control Act
Reward paid to reporter of illegal dispose of trash Monetary reward shall be paid to any reporter who witnessed behavior of illegal dispose of trash and reported with evidence within the budget (KRW 10,000 paid per single occasion of penalty)
 
  • Related query : Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9217
 

Guidance on Standard Plastic Garbage Bag

  • Purchase and management of standard plastic garbage bag
    • Standard plastic garbage bag shall be purchased at designated seller for discharge of wastes. In case of cash change is requested due to causes such as moving to other administrative area, the seller (purchase point) shall change the bag at the prevailing sale price of bags
  • Disposal of small scale construction wastes weighted at less than 5 tonnes
    • PP gunny bags shall purchased at any seller of standard plastic garbage bag, and collection of the discharged waste shall be arranged by calling the waste collection agency stated on the bag
  • Price of volume-rate standard plastic garbage bag
 
A table of Price of volume-rate standard plastic garbage bag
Section 1ℓ 2ℓ 3ℓ 5ℓ 10ℓ 20ℓ 30ℓ 50ℓ 75ℓ 100ℓ
For living wastes for household       130 250 490 740 1,250 1,880 2,500
for place of business                   4,000
For foods wastes for household 100 190 300 500            
for place of business         1,400 2,800        
Special standard plastic garbage bag (gunny bag)           2,040   5,100    
Recyclable standard plastic garbage bag           490        
 
  • Related query: Cleaning Administration Department of Mapo Borough Office ☎ 3153-9216