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Enactment and Public Notice of the “Regulations on the Acceptance of Non-Emission-Facility Business Waste at Regional Treatment Facilities”

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Busan Metropolitan City, led by Mayor Park Heong-joon, announced that it has enacted and publicly announced the “Busan Metropolitan City Regulations on the Acceptance of Non-Emission-Facility Business Waste at Regional Treatment Facilities” and will introduce an acceptance contract system to more systematically manage non-emission-facility business waste delivered to regional treatment facilities.

Non-emission-facility business waste refers to municipal waste generated by businesses such as department stores and general hospitals that produce an average of 300 kilograms or more of waste per day.

Previously, the City managed waste acceptance by designating and registering vehicles operated by waste collection and transportation companies. However, this approach had limitations in directly supervising waste-generating businesses and addressing delinquent acceptance fee payments.

Accordingly, the City plans to transition to a system under which waste-generating businesses enter into acceptance contracts directly with the City, thereby enhancing transparency in waste acceptance management and strengthening the fee collection framework.

The newly enacted regulations establish standards for the acceptance and management of waste to ensure the systematic operation of regional treatment facilities.

Key provisions include mandatory annual acceptance contracts, enrollment in surety bond insurance to prevent delinquency in acceptance fee payments, the assignment of penalty points for violations of standards, and the imposition of surcharge fees.

In particular, the acceptance contract system clearly defines the rights and obligations related to waste acceptance and institutionalizes a management framework for violations of acceptance standards.

The City intends to prevent financial losses resulting from delinquent acceptance fees through the mandatory enrollment in surety bond insurance and to establish a stable foundation for revenue management.

The new acceptance contract system will take effect on January 1, 2027. Only businesses that have entered into acceptance contracts by the end of 2026 will be permitted to deliver waste to Busan Metropolitan City’s regional treatment facilities.

However, in consideration of the burden on industry, the surety bond insurance requirement will be expanded gradually beginning in 2028.

The City also plans to apply clear standards for compliance with acceptance requirements and fulfillment of fee payment obligations and will implement effective administrative measures, including restrictions on waste acceptance, in cases of noncompliance.

Through this system, the City will clarify its authority over acceptance decisions and management of accepted waste characteristics, secure the legal validity of sanctions against violations, and establish a fair and transparent waste acceptance framework.

In addition, the City plans to protect businesses that faithfully comply with the regulations and enhance the credibility and transparency of resource circulation administration through the stable implementation of the related system.

Busan Metropolitan City will continue to establish institutional foundations for the systematic management of non-emission-facility business waste and for strengthening transparency in resource circulation administration, thereby building a stable resource circulation system that citizens can trust.

Lee Byeong-seok, Assistant Mayor of Environmental and Water Policy Office, stated, “The enactment of these acceptance regulations and the introduction of the acceptance contract system provide an important institutional foundation for managing regional treatment facilities in a more systematic manner. We will do our utmost to secure fiscal soundness by preventing delinquent acceptance fee payments and to establish a stable waste treatment system that citizens can trust.”