No landfills next year...Construction of an Incineration Plant in Mapo-gu, Seoul, 'Baking'

No direct landfill of domestic waste in Seoul next year...New Incineration Plant Propulsion
Seoul plans to build a new incinerator in Mapo-gu and modernize it sequentially
Mapo residents said, "Two incinerators cannot operate at the same time."

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The construction of a new garbage incinerator in Seoul has been put on hold.

The court ruled in favor of Mapo residents, saying there was a defect in the composition of the location selection committee.

Reporter Kim Hyun-ah reports.

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The Seoul Metropolitan Government has been pushing to modernize incineration plants ahead of a ban on direct landfilling of household waste in the Seoul metropolitan area next year.

To this end, a new incinerator was built in Mapo-gu and the original and new incinerators were operated together, and other local incinerators were planned to modernize.

However, Mapo residents strongly protested the operation of the two incinerators together.

It also filed a lawsuit against the city for pushing without residents' consent and violating legal procedures.

The Seoul Administrative Court ruled in favor of the plaintiff, saying there were defects in the composition of the location selection committee and procedural defects in the selection of specialized research institutes to investigate the feasibility of location candidates.

The Seoul Metropolitan Government said it would appeal the ruling early next month after analyzing the ruling.

In addition, in connection with the appeal, we plan to prepare additional future measures related to the construction of the Mapo Metropolitan Resource Recovery Facility.

The government and the Seoul Metropolitan Government previously decided to find alternative landfills in the Seoul metropolitan area from 2015, but nothing was achieved.

Since then, Mayor Oh Se-hoon has pushed for the construction of an incinerator belatedly, but

As the court's decision halted the construction of a new incinerator, the Seoul Metropolitan Government's garbage disposal problem is expected to be a "fire in the foot."

I'm Kim Hyunah of YTN.

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