[Photo] Park Seong-su, Mayor of Songpa District, Joins Plastic Reduction Campaign 'GoGo Challenge'

Reduce Disposable Products! Practice Plastic Diet!

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] Songpa-gu (Mayor Park Seong-su) announced that on the 3rd, Mayor Park Seong-su of Songpa-gu participated in the lifestyle plastic reduction relay campaign ‘GoGo Challenge’ and urged residents to actively show interest and participate.

The ‘GoGo Challenge’ is a pledge movement to practice plastic reduction initiated by the Ministry of Environment. The name was derived from the last syllables ‘go’ of the phrases ‘refuse what you should not do, and practice what you should do’ to reduce plastic. It has been ongoing through social networking services (SNS) since January 4th, starting with the Minister of Environment.

Mayor Park Seong-su of Songpa-gu pledged “Reduce disposable products! Practice plastic diet!” as a practical method in daily life and posted the content on the district office’s social networking service.

Last September, the district established the Songpa-type Green New Deal Carbon Neutral City plan, the first among Seoul’s autonomous districts. With the vision of “Songpa, a world-class carbon-neutral city where people and nature coexist,” the goal is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 50% from this year until 2030. To achieve this, the district is implementing projects such as creating the Songpa Dullegil Trail, operating the Songpa Sharing Power Plant, and promoting ‘No disposable products, distribution of reusable containers.’

Mayor Park Seong-su said, “I hope that participation in the ‘GoGo Challenge’ will activate the practice of reducing plastic in daily life and become a catalyst for creating Songpa, a carbon-neutral city where people and nature coexist healthily.”

The mayor nominated National Assembly member Nam In-soon, Yangcheon-gu Mayor Kim Soo-young, and Dongjak-gu Mayor Lee Chang-woo as the next participants in the challenge.

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