Electronic Monitoring System > Electronic Waste Manifest System Overview     The electronic information system computerizes the whole process of waste disposal from generation through transportation to final disposal on the web site.(www.wms-net.or.kr) ENVICO has operated the system since 2002 and extended the application to all 35,000 waste dischargers by 2005. In order to develop the system into a comprehensive waste information system, we are now adding more systems such as the online system that deals with the civil application for waste permission, and the statistical analysis system that analyzes the generation and treatment status of wastes real time. In addition, we have established an RFID-based infectious waste management system by firstly applying the RFID, an advanced Radio Frequency Identification technology, to the waste management. Through the test operation in 2005, it was now extended to be used in about 50,000 hospitals in 2006. Functions   The Waste Manifest System enables to - check the registered electronic handover statements on real-time basis - prevent illegal disposal and generation of neglected wastes through real-time check - handles online waste approval and permission application / manages statistical analysis of waste -make multidimensiona analysis on transport status sna disposal method, etc. -improve competitiveness through reduction of labr and costs based on the information system -obtain the people's reliability and openness in waste control   Legal Foundations - Artcle 44 of the Waste Control Act (Electronic processing organization) - Article 19 of Act on the Promotion of Construction Waste Recycling (Electronic processing for temporary waste handover statements) - Notification No. 2004-132 by the Ministry of Environment (Auguest 27, 2004): the Notification of Operation and Use of Waste manifest Verification Information System    Structure ▣ Waste Handover Management System registers, checks, and manages the process of waste handover on Internet. ▣ Waste Approval and Permission System requests, changes, and handles applications for waste-related approval and permission ▣ Waste information Analysis System analyzes the registered waste information ▣ Disaster Recovery System, a dual system, provides seamless services in case of natural disaster or system error.   Background ○ Paper voucher of 'waste handover statement' in oder to addressing the treatment issue of industrial wasteincreasing over 6% annually. every party in charge of discharge / transportation / disposal and the administrative office exchange a paper voucher of 'wast handover statement' according to the "waste disposal verification system" (Article 25.2, Paragraph 2of the Waste Control Act) ○ Problem - Complicated administative procedure for manging, checking, and reviewing the paper voucher - Adminisrative waste frome numerous manual work and excessive consumption of labor and costs ○ Development of the computerizing system - Real time automatic control of the whole process frome waste discharge to final dsposal   Problems Development of the Waste Manifest System Document-oriented management for making. sending and checking paper voucher of handover Electronic management including online registration and database of various management registers - Impossible to check every paper voucher for handover - Illegal treatment and abandonment of wastes still remain. -A lot of labor and costs required for complicated administrative procedures - Possible to check the registered electronic handover statement on a real-time basis - Possible to prevent illegal dis posal and generation of neglected wastes through real-time check - Improve competitiveness through reduction labor and costs based on the information system     Expansion of WMS users ■ Regional enironmental office ■ Designated waste discharger ■ Local government ■ Geneal wast discharger ■ Local government ■ Constructionl wast discharger 1st step (2001~2002) 2nd step (2003) 3rd step (2004) 4th step (2005) Establishment and initial operation of the system Extensive operation Extensive computerization of waste information management Establishment of scientific statistica managementl system - Designated wastes - 200 ton/year - General hospitals - Designated wastes of ovr 100 kg per month - General hospitals - General wastes - Clinics - Designated waste - Gerneral hospitals - construction wastes - Designated waste, hospitals level and above - General wastes About businesses 1,500 About businesses 7,000 About businesses 20,000 About businesses 35,000 ■ Establishment of handover system - Reporting of waste handover and performance online ■ Establishment of approval and permission system - Handles approval and permission application ■ Establishment of analysis system - Analyze the information on approval/permission and handover → Pick out information to be managed ■ Pilot operation of the pproval/permission and analysis system → under the jurisdiction of regional environment offices ■ Establishment of disaster recovery system - Disaster recovery system - Statistical analysis system(I-OLAP) ■ Expanding the pilot operation of the approval/permission → 11 local Governments ■ Establishment of infectious waste control system based on RFID ※ Year of 2006   - Approval/permission system: Normal operation in regional environment offices and local governments - RFID based infectious waste control system - Enter the full - scale operation A. Current status of the system subscrilbers and the use of electroic handover statements The number of subscribers and the use of electroic handover statements have risen 12 times and 6 times respectively compared with the earlier stage of the system operation (2002).    <As of dec.31, 2005> <Unit: business>    Type 2002 2003 2004 2005 Subject businesses 1,476 7,382 19,146 33,956 Subscribers (Subscribing rate) 1,476 (100%) 6,311 (86%) 11,061 (58%) 17,793 (52%) Subject Waste Dedignated waste Dedignated waste General waste Dedignated waste General waste Construction waste   ◆ In the early stage of the system operation (2002-2003), it had focused on the designated waste users. It has since expanded into general wast (2004) and construction waste (2005) to be a comprehensive system that manages all industrial waste.