Seongbuk-gu Jongam-dong Residents Hold 'Neighborhood Market to Save the Earth'

Jongam-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee Holds Environmental Event with Eco-Practice Club 'Bombom' and Jongam-dong Saenal Library... Bring Empty PET Bottles on the 16th to Receive Eco-Friendly Detergent

If you bring empty PET bottles or plastic containers (500㎖) after washing them, eco-friendly detergent will be filled.

[Asia Economy Reporter Jongil Park] The surge in single-use product consumption due to the prolonged COVID-19 pandemic has emerged as a serious social issue.

Amid this, the Jongam-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee of Seongbuk-gu (Mayor Seungro Lee), in collaboration with the environmental action club ‘Bombom’ and Jongam-dong Saenal Library, will hold an event on the 16th in front of the Jongam-dong Community Center to raise awareness about environmental issues.

Under the name ‘Neighborhood Market to Save the Earth,’ participants who bring cleaned empty PET bottles (500ml) will receive eco-friendly laundry detergent or fabric softener filled into their containers.

Visitors can also view an exhibition of alternative single-use plastic products by the environmental action club ‘Bombom.’ The event will include an introduction and promotion of the ‘Yongginae Shop’ as well as sharing information about environmental projects by the Residents' Autonomy Committee’s Life, Safety, and Environment Subcommittees.

On the day of the event, there will also be a corner showcasing environmental books from Saenal Library and introducing environmental projects promoted by various organizations.

The event will be conducted with a nominal participation fee, and the collected funds will be donated to climate-related environmental organizations.

Byunghan Lee, Chairman of the Jongam-dong Residents' Autonomy Committee, emphasized, “April 22 is ‘Earth Day,’ and the Earth is a precious space that we borrow temporarily from future generations and must return.”

He added, “Through this ‘Neighborhood Market to Save the Earth’ event, we hope to reflect on how opposing concepts such as ‘humans and nature’ and ‘development and conservation’ can coexist harmoniously, and to seek alternatives on how to return the Earth to future generations in a beautiful and clean state. We appeal for residents’ interest and active participation in issues of resource waste and environmental pollution.”

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