A Study on the Response of Environmental Sanitation Problems in Action of the Volume Based Waste Charge System.

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The study was carried out to investigate on the response of environmental sanitation problems in action of the volume based waste charge system in Seoul. The responses from the 396 persons who dwelled in Seoul was stimulatively answered, this system was considered as a successful one 69.6% of total answers, but little portion (21.2%) of those was unknown on the mean of this system. And we knew that this system was need to the communication and education through the press media about this one. After the action of the volume based waste charge system, the volume of refuse discharged in a day was decreased 30-50% than before. In the problems of environmental sanitation after this system, the number of sanitary insect(cockroach etc) and rat was decreased, also the production of order and dust caused by refuse was decreased in comparison with those before. This results were considered that the Separate Collection should be perfectly performed. In response, the regular envelope of refuge was serious problems, the improvement for this one was demanded, The kind of difficult refuse treated was waste foodstuffs> electric products> rubbers> furniture> bottles, cans>papers, pulps etc. and the next proposal for this system should be prepared. Conclusively, the volume based waste charge system should be remarkable system in terms of resources recycling as well as wastes reduction. Above all in order to conform this system the separate collection system should be systematically performed, the next improvable proposal of the detailed methods in this system should be prepared.