JEONJU, May 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Jeonju and Goheung County have signed a MoU to efficiently recycle large waste items such as disposed furniture.
Goheung County will be purchasing waste from Jeonju and providing it to Yeosu’s Thermal Power Plant.
The county will dispatch two workers with three waste decomposing machines to a Jeonju landfill.
The workers will collect 30 tons of disposed wood and leather from the landfill, and transport them to the plant.
Jeonju is expecting to earn 5,000 won per ton of waste sold.
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