Posters Filling the National Assembly Walls Disappear... 'Digital Bulletin Boards' Transition to Eco-Friendly Alternatives

On the 25th, Lee Chun-seok, Secretary General of the National Assembly, attended the pilot operation ceremony of the 'Digital Information Guide Board' and explained the plans and necessity for creating an eco-friendly National Assembly.

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Cheol-eung] Various event posters that used to cover the walls of the National Assembly Members' Office Building are gradually disappearing. The National Assembly is also aiming for an environmentally friendly change.

The Secretariat of the National Assembly held a pilot operation ceremony for the 'Digital Information Display Boards' installed and operated in the Members' Office Building on the 25th. Instead of printed materials, posters and key information will be posted using digital display methods.

The 'paper poster boards' installed on each floor of the Members' Office Building to promote legislative activities such as debates and policy seminars hosted by each member's office number 148 locations with 2,900 panels. Due to the material, the large volume of posters cannot be recycled and are all discarded as general waste after collection.

There were also concerns that the process of posting by the members' office staff over a long period required unnecessary manpower and caused a loss of their core legislative activity capabilities.

Accordingly, the Secretariat of the National Assembly is sequentially removing the existing paper boards and installing and operating 'Digital Information Display Boards' in their place. The pilot digital boards are located in 10 places on the 2nd floor, and when all 148 boards in the Members' Office Building are replaced with digital boards in the future, it is expected to replace 1.13 million paper posters annually. It is estimated that about 440 trees can be saved annually.

Also, the staff who previously had to print and post a large number of posters for each major event will now only need to submit a posting request to the digital board administrator to broadcast promotional materials. This also saves poster printing costs.

Lee Chun-seok, Secretary General of the National Assembly, stated, “If we take the lead in creating a paperless National Assembly in the Members' Office Building where many citizens gather and laws are made, the environmental impact will be unimaginably great,” and added, “During the pilot operation period, we will actively incorporate the opinions of actual users such as staff to create an operational method that anyone can conveniently use.”

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