Gwangju City, Year-Round Recruitment of New Participants for Carbon Point Program

Korea Environment Corporation, New Membership and Friend Referral Event Until June 25

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Park Seon-gang] Gwangju Metropolitan City announced on the 23rd that it is recruiting new participants for the ‘Carbon Point System,’ which rewards citizens with performance bonuses when they save energy such as electricity, water, and gas, throughout the year.

To apply for the Carbon Point System, applicants must check their electricity, water, or gas customer number and submit a participation application form either on the Carbon Point System website or by visiting a nearby district office or administrative welfare center.

However, if there are any changes in address, contact information, or bank account number after joining, personal information must be updated to receive the performance bonuses properly.

In this regard, the Korea Environment Corporation is holding a mobile open commemorative event for the Carbon Point System until the 25th of next month.

The event will provide coffee coupons to 500 new participants through a lottery, and 30 existing participants who recommend the most new members will receive various prizes such as department store gift certificates.

The winners will be announced on July 14th on the Korea Environment Corporation website.

The Carbon Point System is a representative citizen participation program for greenhouse gas reduction projects. It compares household energy usage of electricity, water, and gas over the past two years with the current year’s usage, and awards points if consumption is reduced by 5% or more.

Participants can accumulate up to 25,000 points per half-year and up to 50,000 points annually.

Until now, Gwangju City has paid performance bonuses to households that reduced greenhouse gases only in cash or Green Card points, but from the first half of this year, a donation option has been added so that participants can donate their points.

Accordingly, citizens can join the Carbon Point System to save household energy and reduce greenhouse gases while also contributing to the spread of a donation culture. Donations will be provided to vulnerable groups through the Community Chest of Korea, and donors will receive tax deduction benefits during year-end tax settlements.

Song Yong-su, Director of the Climate and Environment Policy Division of the city, said, “We expect citizens’ interest and active participation so that they can join the good system Carbon Point System to achieve the 2045 carbon-neutral city, receive prizes, and save energy.”

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