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An Exploration on Food Waste Management of Local Governments

전국 지방자치단체의 음식물쓰레기 관리 분석

  • Oh, Jeongik (Advanced Technology Research Team, Land & Housing Institute, Korea Land & Housing Corporation) ;
  • Lee, Hyunjeong (Department of Housing & Interior Design, Kyung Hee University)
  • 오정익 (한국토지주택공사 토지주택연구원 미래기술연구실) ;
  • 이현정 (경희대학교 주거환경학과)
  • Received : 2016.01.08
  • Accepted : 2016.02.15
  • Published : 2016.03.31

Abstract

This research is to explore food waste management across local governments. In particular, pubic administration on food waste, food waste management (from generation to disposal) and civil complaints in jurisdiction are examined. In doing so, a self-administered questionnaire survey was conducted among civil officers in charge of food waste management, and all the collected responses were statistically analyzed. The main results were as follows: public spending on food waste management was a little larger in metropolises than in provincial cities, and the largest food waste source was identified as households (in housing). While regular collection of food waste by trucks was the most common transport method adopted by local governments, resource recovery for compost/fertilizer production was widely used. Also, most of the respondents agreed that the current approach to food waste handling practices are necessarily replaced with more advanced technology converting waste into energy or fuel. Further, it's found that the civil complaints on food waste management were largely categorized into 3 groups - food waste handling, civil service and food waste retrieval. Therefore, the findings indicate that the development and application of no-food waste or waste-to-resource systems are effective in housing estates where large amount of food waste is generated and eliminated.

쾌적한 주거환경과 지속가능한 정주환경을 구축하기 위한 일환으로 본 연구는 음식물쓰레기의 감량화와 자원화를 일선에서 수행하는 전국의 각 기초자치단체들의 음식물쓰레기 관리실태를 특별 광역시와 도 단위 자치단체들로 구분하여 파악하고자 한다. 제도적 변화에 따라 음식물쓰레기의 처리에서 지자체의 책임과 역할이 증대됨에 따라 본 연구에서는 전국 지자체의 음식물쓰레기 관리를 담당하고 있는 공무원을 대상으로 음식물쓰레기 관련 행정, 음식물쓰레기의 수거 운반 처리실태, 음식물쓰레기 관련 민원에 대한 자기기입식 설문조사를 실시하였다. 회수율 24.4%를 보였으며, 응답 설문지는 SPSS 통계프로그램을 이용하여 분석하였다. 음식물쓰레기 관련 행정업무는 배출, 수거, 처리가 가장 중요하였고, 연간 예산규모는 특별 광역시 지자체(35억원)가 도 단위 지자체(22억원) 보다 1.5배 더 많았고, 그 지출은 특별 광역시 지자체의 경우, 인건비, 도 단위 지자체의 경우, 수거 운반비가 가장 컸다. 음식물쓰레기의 가장 큰 배출원은 주택이었으며, 음식물쓰레기는 차량수거 운반방식에 의한 퇴비 사료 중심의 재활용 처리가 가장 보편적이었고, 현행 음식물쓰레기의 수거 운반 처리과정에 개선이 필요하며, 특히 매립과 소각 처리 비율이 비교적 높은 도 단위 지자체에서 개선의향이 높았다. 음식물쓰레기 발생 저감을 위한 효과적인 방안으로 특별 광역시 지자체는 음식물쓰레기 처리시설 확보와 신기술 개발, 도 단위 지자체에서는 정책적 제도 마련을 손꼽았다. 민원 발생 건수는 특별 광역시 지자체(1.4건/일)가 도 단위 지자체(0.5건/일) 보다 2.7배 많았고, 민원은 주로 주택지역에서 발생하였으며, 민원내용은 주로 음식물쓰레기 배출 및 수거장소, 수거 서비스, 수거차량에 관한 불만이었다. 이러한 결과는 향후 음식물쓰레기의 대량 배출원인 주택단지에서 바로 자원화할 수 있는 기술개발과 실용화하는 음식물쓰레기 무배출 시스템 구축의 필요성을 시사한다.

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