"Bring Paper Packs and Exchange for Toilet Paper"...Jongno-gu Implements Paper Pack Collection Reward Program

If you bring paper cartons to the community center, you can exchange 1 roll of toilet paper for 1kg of paper cartons.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] Jongno-gu (District Mayor Kim Young-jong) will implement the 'Paper Pack Collection Reward System' starting in July, where residents can bring a certain amount of paper packs to the local community center in exchange for toilet paper.

Milk packs, soy milk packs, and others can be recycled into general toilet paper, hand towels, etc., depending on the raw material condition. However, since the amount discharged from households is relatively small and separate paper pack collection boxes are not installed, they are often mixed with general waste paper.

In particular, when paper packs are mixed with general paper types, they cannot be recycled and are discarded. Approximately 60-70% of paper packs are disposed of as waste.

Accordingly, the district has prepared the 'Paper Pack Collection Reward System' to improve awareness so that households can separate and discharge paper packs and waste paper, increase the collection rate of paper packs, and contribute to resource circulation.

Under the Paper Pack Collection Reward System, residents who collect paper packs such as milk packs, soy milk packs, and beverage packs and bring them to the local community center can exchange 1 roll of toilet paper for every 1kg of paper packs.

One kilogram of paper packs corresponds to about 100 pieces of 200ml milk packs, 55 pieces of 500ml, and 35 pieces of 1000ml. The collected paper packs are recycled through companies capable of collecting paper packs.

Additionally, to further promote paper pack recycling, the district is also pursuing business agreements related to paper pack separation collection and recycling processing with coffee shops where milk consumption is high and large amounts of paper packs are discharged.

District Mayor Kim Young-jong stated, “Paper packs have a low recycling rate and are often discarded. Through the Paper Pack Collection Reward System, we will increase the recycling rate of paper packs, secure recyclable resources, and make Jongno a resource circulation city.”

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