Geumcheon-gu announced it will temporarily suspend household waste collection from Thursday through Saturday as sanitation workers at its contracted cleaning companies take their summer vacation.
All household waste pickup — including standard garbage bags, food waste and recyclables — will be halted during the break. Residents may resume disposing of household waste after 6 p.m. Sunday.
The summer vacation program was established to give sanitation workers, who maintain clean streets in the early morning hours even through intense heat, adequate rest and time to recharge. Geumcheon-gu has operated the program for contracted sanitation workers since 2017 as part of its efforts to protect workers' health and promote safe working conditions.
To minimize inconvenience to residents during the break, the district will operate an emergency operations center and deploy a mobile response unit of directly employed sanitation officials to handle urgent collection needs and service complaints promptly.
The district also plans to publicize the vacation schedule and waste disposal dates through its website, SNS, apartment building announcements, banners and informational flyers to reduce confusion among residents.
"I ask for residents' understanding and cooperation so that the sanitation workers who have worked hard to keep our city clean despite the heat can rest fully and return to work in good health," Geumcheon-gu District Mayor Choi Gi-chan said. "The small act of following the designated waste disposal date goes a long way toward making Geumcheon a more pleasant place to live."
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