Naju Mayor Kang In-gyu Joins the 'Plastic-Free Go Go Challenge'

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yukbong] Kang In-kyu, mayor of Naju City, participated on the 6th in the ‘Plastic-Free GoGo Challenge’ to reduce the use of disposable products and plastics in daily life.

The GoGo Challenge is a campaign to reduce plastic use by refusing one thing not to do in daily life and practicing one thing to do instead. Since January, it has been conducted in a relay nomination format starting from the Minister of Environment.

Mayor Kang, who was nominated by Hwasun County Governor Koo Choong-gon, promised “Stop using disposable products! Run with reusable products!” and posted the phrase on his social networking service (SNS).

As the next relay nominee, he nominated Kim Young-gil, Director of Naju Office of Education.

Mayor Kang encouraged participation, saying, “The arrival of a global carbon-neutral era for ecosystem preservation and the transition to a plastic-free society due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic are unavoidable tasks. Let’s start practicing small daily actions we can do now, such as refraining from using disposable paper cups, sorting transparent PET bottles, and reusing ice packs.”

Meanwhile, Naju City is promoting initiatives such as reusing ice packs, separating transparent PET bottles for recycling, and reducing disposable products in the public sector as part of waste reduction and resource circulation policies to preserve the natural ecosystem.

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