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http://dx.doi.org/10.17137/korrae.2016.24.4.21

Review and Suggestion for Waste Transfer Stations in Seoul  

Yoo, Kee-Young (Department of Safety and Environment Research, The Seoul Institute)
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Journal of the Korea Organic Resources Recycling Association / v.24, no.4, 2016 , pp. 21-29 More about this Journal
Abstract
This study was conducted to review Waste Transfer Stations(WTSs) in Seoul, especially focusing on three aspects, main roles, neighbor friendly and regulation compliance, and to draw out recommendation for improvement. The 46 units of all 65 WTSs treated large amount of waste on a day shipping-out schedule, the other 19 WTSs treated small amounts of wastes which were transported after 3~30 days stock. About 57% of WTSs are located in residential or commercial area. Other 57% of WTSs were open without walls. 79% of WTSs were placed alone. Just 17% of WTSs were permitted as environmental infrastructures by urban planning law, and 31% of WTSs were operated by private waste haulers who were permitted by waste management law. Most WTSs in Seoul seemed to go well with on-going policy demand, such as regionalizing waste treatment facilities, expanding waste recycling, and so on. However lots of WTSs did not implement sufficient environmental protection measures, and partly not compliant with regulations related to urban infrastructures. In the future, the issue on sealing facilities and integrating functions of waste management facilities could be considered in order to fit in urban environment.
Keywords
Waste transfer station; Role; Neighbor friendly; Regulation compliance;
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