Gwangju Buk-gu Promotes Production and Distribution of Shopping Bags Made from Used Banners

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Buk-gu, Gwangju Metropolitan City (District Mayor Moon In) announced on the 9th that it has signed an agreement with Malbau Market Merchants Association and Gwangju Buk-gu Workplace Regional Self-Support Center for the ‘Production and Supply of Shopping Bags Using Discarded Banners.’

This agreement was established to collect illegally posted banners, transform them into shopping bags, and distribute them free of charge to residents, aiming to spread an eco-friendly consumption culture by reducing the use of disposable products.

According to Buk-gu, the amount of illegally posted banners collected in Buk-gu until October this year reached 58 tons, with an average monthly disposal cost of 1.25 million KRW.

Under the agreement, Buk-gu will provide the collected banners free of charge to the Workplace Regional Self-Support Center until December next year, and the Self-Support Center will manufacture shopping bags and distribute them to the Malbau Market Merchants Association.

The Merchants Association will distribute the shopping bags free of charge to visitors of the market instead of disposable plastic bags and convey messages encouraging participation in environmental protection by reducing the use of disposable products.

Buk-gu plans to prepare measures to produce and distribute the collected discarded banners not only as shopping bags but also as shopping totes, art supplies, and waste sacks so that more residents can utilize them.

Mayor Moon In of Buk-gu said, “Through this agreement, we expect significant cost savings in banner disposal along with resource recycling,” and added, “We will continue to promote policies that rediscover the usefulness of discarded waste and can be carried out together with residents.”

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