음식물류 폐기물의 효율적인 처리를 위한 관리 정책에 관한 연구

Abstract

Most of the food waste, which occupies about 25% of our domestic waste in our country, has been recycled as the livestock feed or compost through facilities to make resources. In addition, the prohibition on the direct landfill has been enacted since 2005 and the discharge of food waste water to the sea will be also prohibited from 2013. However, the generation of food waste has not been reduced and the utilization of products from the existing facilities to make resources has not been smooth under the negative perception in the farming industry on the quality of products recycled from the food waste along with the decreasing trend on the farming land and the number of livestock. Accordingly, this study compared and reviewed the generation and processing status of the food waste in our country and foreign countries while seeking for improvements in policies to make resources, as well as identifying problems in facilities and policies to make resources along with the generation and processing status for the food waste based on such realities as stated above. The findings in this study suggest a few implications with regard to decisions on the policy for the food waste. First, as the generation of the food waste has not reduced in our country and foreign countries, supports for policies to make resources are necessary through the systematic management for the domestic waste with the organic waste that can be decomposed, in addition to the reduction of discharge through supporting the food processing devices in the source of generation. Second, as there is no demand on the products recycled from resources made from facilities to make the livestock feed/compost in consideration of realities of the reducing number of livestock and farming land, it is necessary to build up the infrastructure with the active participation by the government to stimulate such demands. Third, it is necessary to develop various technologies to make resources in order to improve the continuous and systematic reduction with improvements on facilities for the food waste. Accordingly, it is necessary to have policies to support the reduction and recycling of the food waste. Fourth, it is necessary to back up the systematic systems and policies to reduce the food waste through making energy from waste along with the follow-up plans to use energy that has been generated through such systems and policies.