A Study on the Business of the Situation Analysis of Food Waste Recycling

음식물류 폐기물 재활용현황 분석을 통한 사업화 연구

Development of food industry and increased city life induced enlarged generation of food waste which is currently reused in a wide range of way. In this study, treatment of food waste generated from the public agricultural product wholesale markets (they are categorized as business places which imposes the duty for reducing the food waste discarded) in Korea was investigated, and subsequently, a scheme for improving the food waste recycling business was suggested. The food waste treatment plants are mainly located in Kyeongki-do at 39.5% of total plants in Korea and the other provinces have less than 10% of the total numbers, among which public treatment plant was 38.0% and private plant was 62.0%. The treatment methods included recycling as animal feed at 47.5%, as compost at 36.4%, and the rest of food waste (12.6%) was treated in other ways. Remarkably, it was noticed that the amount of food waste treated in anaerobic digestion have been increased up to 5.4% since 2011. This implied that food waste treated in anaerobic digestion method is gradually increased according to government policy. Amongst 33 public agricultural product wholesale markets distributed all over the country, the trading volume dealt in Garakdong market in Seoul, Gangseo market in Seoul, Daegu market in Daeju, Eomgung market in Busan, Guri market in Guri accounted for 34.67, 7.47, 6.98, 5.41, and 5.30% of the total trading volume in Korea, respectively. 2.65% of the total trading agricultural products dealt in the markets were remained as food waste and treated. In 2006, Ministry of Agriculture, Food and Rural Affairs implemented the package policy for radish and Chinese cabbage in order to reduce the amount of food waste and indeed, food waste generated in Garakdong market declined to one third of the food waste before the package policy implementation. In 2010, the food waste amount treated by 'dehydration', 'discarding as raw materials', and 'drying after dehydration' accounted for 56.3%, 33.7%, and 10.0% of the total food waste generated in the public agricultural product wholesale market. However, in 2013, discarding as raw materials accounted for the most at 56.3% followed by dehydration at 37.5%, and by drying after dehydration at 6.3%. The remarkable increment of the food waste discarded as raw materials was attributed to the increase of them in Garakdong market in Seoul. In general, the agricultural food waste contains high amount of moisture at 88% in average and low amount of salt at 0.02% in average. Therefore, it is highly recommended to treat the agricultural food waste through drying after dehydration in order for improving the treatment capability. Also, this recommendation can be supported by the fact that the end-products via drying after dehydration can be utilized as compost material. Overall, the agricultural food waste recycling business can be developed through integration of the treatment via 'drying after dehydration' and compost production.

산업사회의 발달과 더불어 지속적으로 증가되고 있는 음식물류 폐기물은 현재 여러 가지 방법으로 재활용되고 있다. 본 연구는 국내 음식물류 폐기물의 처리현황을 조사하고, 음식물류 폐기물 감량의무사업장으로 분류되어 있는 전국공영농산물도매시장을 대상으로 음식물류 폐기물의 합리적인 사업화를 위한 재활용 개선방안을 제시하고자 한다. 국내 음식물류 폐기물 처리업체 분포는 경기지역이 39.5%로 가장 많았으며 그 외 지역은 10% 이내로 나타났다. 이중 공공처리시설이 38.0% 이었고 민간처리시설이 62.0%이었다. 그리고 재활용 방법은 사료화가 47.5%, 퇴비화는 36.4%, 기타 12.6% 등의 순으로 나타났다. 특히 2011년 이후로는 혐기성소화의 비율이 5.4%로 뚜렷한 성장세를 나타내고 있다. 따라서 향후 음식물류 폐기물의 재활용 방향이 정부 정책과 부합되는 혐기성 소화방법으로 전환되고 있음을 나타내고 있다. 전국 33개 공영 농산물 도매시장의 전체 거래량 중 서울가락시장, 서울강서시장, 대구시장, 부산엄궁시장, 구리시장이 각각 34.67, 7.47, 6.98, 5.41, 5.30% 차지하는 것으로 나타났다. 그리고 농산물 거래량 대비 평균 음식물류 폐기물 처리량은 2.65% 이었다. 특히, 2006년 농림수산식품부의 무 및 배추의 포장화 정책으로 서울가락시장의 음식물류 폐기물 처리량은 1/3으로 감소하였다. 전국 공영 농산물 도매시장의 음식물류 폐기물 처리방법은 2010년 탈수가 56.3%, 원상반출이 33.7%, 탈수 후 건조가 10.0%로 탈수처리가 가장 높게 나타났다. 그러나 2013년 원상반출이 56.30%, 탈수 37.5%, 탈수 후 건조가 6.3%로 원상반출이 급증하였는데 이는 전체 거량이 가장 많은 서울 가락동시장이 원상반출 처리량이 증가하였기 때문이다. 농산물 도매시장의 음식물류 폐기물은 수분함량(평균 88%)이 높고 염분함량(평균 0.02%)이 낮은 특성을 가지고 있다. 따라서 농산물 도매시장의 음식물류 폐기물은 원상반출 및 탈수 보다는 탈수 후 건조가 처리능력을 향상 시킬 수 있는 것으로 판단된다. 그리고 탈수 후 건조된 음식물류 폐기물은 양질의 퇴비화 원료를 활용할 수 있기 때문에 농산물 도매시장의 음식물류 폐기물은 탈수 후 건조하여 퇴비화 방법으로 재활용사업화를 추진하는 것이 바람직할 것으로 판단된다.