South Korea's food waste reduction plans feature urban farming and modern garbage bins.
"Compost in my vegetable garden!" "No, mine first!"
The Jugong apartment complex in Beondong, north of Seoul, began an eco-friendly urban farm last year August, making use of an empty garden space right in the middle of the complex.'s Land and Housing Corporation provided a system to turn food waste into fertilizer to construct a resource circulating farm.When food waste piles up at each household, residents throw it into the processing machine.
"It's meaningful that we use the compost made of our own food waste," said Park Younghwa, 70, who has experience in rural farming, but never thought she would be given a chance to have her own farming space in the city. "Crops are tastier and more fresh when we cultivate them with food waste compost."The urban farming project is only part of a nationwide effort to reduce food waste in South Korea.
Using radio frequency identification technology to measure and bill each resident for food waste has also become a trend in South Korea's new urban development areas, which are known to lead high-tech experiments. The country has 75,425 RFID food waste processors in operation as of January this year, which covers 38.2% of the nation and 54% of Seoul city, according to Korea Environment Corporation.
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