Waste generated by Jeju City residents goes to the landfill in (봉개) Bonggae-dong. KCTV has reported several times that that facility is close to reaching full capacity. Jeju City officials must meet with Bonggae-dong residents to discuss extending the use of the landfill until 2018. Here’s Mike Balfour to explain what’s holding up those meetings.

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250 tons of waste dumped daily at Bonggae-dong landfill

This is Jeju City’s landfill in (봉개)Bonggae-dong. About 250 tons of waste generated by Jeju City are dumped here every day. At the current pace, the landfill is expected to be completely full around October 2016.

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Alternative waste & recycling center to be completed in 2018

An alternative waste and recycling center planned to be built in (동복리) Dongbok-ri, (구좌읍) Gujwa-eup isn’t set to go into operation until the end of 2018.

Jeju City is planning to bury waste at Zone 1 and 2 of the landfill in Bonggae-dong that reached capacity around 10 years ago.

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Jeju City representative
We are now burying waste in Zones 3 and 4. Their planned height is higher than Zones 1 and 2, so we are considering using those after Zones 3 and 4 are full.
< 제주시 관계자 >
3, 4공구가 지금 매립하고 있는데 1, 2공구보다 계획 높이가 높습니다. 1, 2공구도 3, 4공구 높이와 같이 하는 것으로...///증설은 1, 2공구 쪽으로 검토하고 있습니다.

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Moon Ho-seong

To use Zones 1 and 2 again, agreement from area residents is needed. But negotiation between the city and area residents has been delayed. The municipal government has failed to persuade Bonggae-dong residents.

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Kim Byung-lip / Jeju City mayor (Dec.17)
Residents want a solar energy system built on provincial property. The matter is out of the city government’s authority and the demand is too much.
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태양광을 시설해달라고 땅을 내놓으라 하는데 도의 재산을 시에다 내놓으라고 하니까 이게 너무 무리한 것 아닙니까...

To complicate matters, the term for the Bonggae-dong landfill residents’ committee has expired, so a new committee needs to be formed. Therefore negotiations are postponed for now.

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Hong Seong-cheol / Residents’ landfill committee
As far as I know, another 6 months are needed to approve the use of Zones 1 and 2 even after a compromise. So, I believe we should expedite the negotiations.
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협상이 되더라도 증설 등을 하려면 승인 절차가 6개월 이상 소요되는 것으로 알고 있습니다. 이런 기간이 있기 때문에 /// 빨리 협상이 완료돼야 할 것으로 알고 있습니다.

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Mike Balfour

Compromise between Jeju City and area residents in Bonggae-dong is necessary to prevent waste chaos.

Mike Balfour KCTV