3500 tons of garbage,Korea's most successful tourist destination?

This is the third post of the Nami island series.I'm really sorry for making you wait.I was really busy because of university admissions. :) I mentioned before that Nami island is all about recycling.Now I will tell you how it happened.

"From weeds to flowers,from noise to rhythm,

from wild flowers to paper,from scenery to elegance"

Nami island is not a real island at all.After the completion of Cheongpyeong Dam in 1944 it became an island.In 1965,late chairman Mr.Minn Byeong Do bought this island and he planted Korean pines,cherry trees,white birch and metasequoias on this island.It was used as an amusement park before 2001 and people had came and gone leaving tons of garbage;empty soju bottles,blocks of wood,parts of old buildings,discarded ping pong tables,shards of glass were everywhere.

Employees decided to clean this mess in 2001.According to the calculations the total of the garbage in Nami island was more than 3500 tons.Can you believe it?It's a lot ha?But truly Nami island was a huge dump of garbage back then.Then they had another big problem.What are we going to do with this trash?There was only one solution,Recycling.

They melt and flatten soju bottles and used them as tiles,used rocks to build walls,discarded plywood to make pianos,dried reeds to make kimchi huts.To make walls in Dew garden they used more than 3000 soju bottles.

can you see soju bottles?

Dew garden

Can you see the fallen leaves in following picture?

Local government spend 40000$ annually to dispose fallen ginkgo leaves.But after 2006 they send fallen ginkgo leaves to Nami island,and they use it to cover this 100 metre path with 100 tons of ginkgo leaves.It creates a perfect autumn ambience,isn't it?

Almost everything on Nami are recycled.You must go there and see it from your own eyes to believe what real recycling is.Currently 70% of the trash on Nami is recycled.Even the recycling percentage in Singapore is 58%

.Nami island is a good example for all the other countries in the world.Garbage has become a major issue in many countries including my own country.So now is the time to learn a lesson.You saw how South Koreans have transformed a huge garbage dump successfully.Start recycling garbage in your home today,and teach your neighbours and friends how to.By that way a whole country will learn it and the world will be a better place for your children and grand children.

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Special thanks...

Mr. Kyung Hyuk Minn,the executive director of Nami Island and the admin of Nami island Facebook page,for sending me those beautiful photos of Nami Island.

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