Hwaseong City Ranks First Nationwide in Waste Battery Collection, Wins Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Award

Residents' participation in waste sorting and expanded collection facilities in residential areas win high praise
Mayor Jeong Myeonggeun: "We will build a sustainable city rooted in resource circulation"

Hwaseong Special City in Gyeonggi Province ranked first among local governments nationwide in a waste battery collection competition. It received high marks for achieving strong collection results through residents’ participation in waste sorting and for expanding collection facilities in residential areas.

Employees of the Resource Circulation Division of Hwaseong Special City pose for a commemorative photo after winning the grand prize in the local government category of the 2026 Waste Battery Collection Competition. Provided by Hwaseong City.

Hwaseong City (Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun) said on November 13 that it received the Minister of Climate, Energy and Environment Award, the grand prize in the local government category for waste batteries, at the awards ceremony for the 2026 Outstanding Local Government Competition for Public Collection Systems for Waste Home Appliances and Waste Batteries, held at Sono Belle Jeju on November 12.

The Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment and E-Cycle Governance organized the competition to encourage local governments to collect waste batteries and establish safe collection systems as the amount of waste batteries generated continues to grow.

Mayor Jeong Myeong-geun said, "This award is a valuable achievement made possible by residents' active participation in waste sorting and the efforts of those working on the ground. I thank everyone who has joined us in putting resource circulation into practice."

He added, "We will expand convenient, community-based collection infrastructure so residents can dispose of waste batteries safely and easily, and improve the safety of the collection system. With residents' participation, we will build a sustainable city where resource circulation takes root in everyday life."

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