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□ Classified Waste Collection of Kwangju Residential Areas
Learning from Cities— The 2nd Guangzhou International Award for Urban Innovation
□ According to the point system of Carbon Bank, Kwangju residents use the facility to separate the kitchen garbage
also a global trend to local governments.
systematic data. In order to realize that,
The system allows Kwangju citizens
the government has to obtain personal
to enhance their ability of adapting to
information of the residents and this
climate change. The operation manner
also leads to residents’ unwillingness of
of the system also consolidates the
participating.
cooperation between organizations, which
To solve these problems, Kwangju
jointly promote urban development. In
vigorously promotes the project of carbon
the end, the flow of carbon points has
bank via television or radio ad, the ad city,
undoubtedly stimulated local economic
metro or bus banners, residential elevators
development.
labels, brochures and other forms. These promotional practices through multi-form
2. Challenge of the Initiative
and major efforts have achieved good
Carbon Bank project encourages
results, and the number of local residents
active participation of local residents.
to participate in the carbon bank project
Initially, many local residents have not
greatly increased.
realized the importance of adapting to
Another obstacle is to ensure that the
climate change, so it is very difficult
project can effectively reduce emissions.
to attract them to participate. Also, it
The analysis of related data in the year after
is a very critical part to make sure that
the implementation of the project has shown
the government can obtain reliable
that effective results have been achieved in