CJ Logistics and Twosome Place Establish 'Eco-Friendly Circular Logistics System'

[Asia Economy Reporter Dongwoo Lee] CJ Logistics announced that it will conduct a ‘Single-use Plastic Cup Collection Campaign’ together with Twosome Place starting from the 11th.

The campaign will be held at 50 directly operated Twosome Place stores in the Seoul metropolitan area until the end of November, where Twosome Place collects and cleans single-use plastic cups used in stores, and CJ Logistics collects them. Through cooperation between the two companies, the collected plastic cups will be delivered to a social venture to be upcycled into eco-friendly items for sale, with all proceeds used for social contribution activities.

The single-use plastic cup collection campaign is the first project of the ‘Carbon ZERO Council’ formed in July by CJ Logistics, Twosome Place, and Lock&Lock. For this campaign, CJ Logistics and Twosome Place established an ‘Eco-friendly Circular Logistics System’ based on the existing logistics framework.

The system involves CJ Logistics delivery vehicles that deliver ingredients and store supplies to Twosome Place stores collecting plastic cups when returning to the logistics center. After collection, CJ Logistics gathers and stores the plastic cups at one logistics center before delivering them to a social venture to be transformed into practical eco-friendly items for everyday use.

In particular, the ‘Eco-friendly Circular Logistics System’ upgrades from ‘supply-type logistics,’ which delivers necessary goods to stores, to ‘bidirectional circular logistics,’ where vehicles that deliver to stores also collect store items. This eliminates the need for separate vehicles for collection, thereby reducing carbon emissions. Additionally, collecting waste plastic from individual stores at one logistics center before delivering it to upcycling companies improves efficiency in transportation and storage.

A CJ Logistics official stated, “The direction of the Carbon ZERO Council is to promote projects that reduce carbon emissions by leveraging the company’s logistics capabilities and the characteristics and strengths of client businesses,” adding, “We plan to strengthen ESG management by expanding the circular logistics system and collaborating with more companies to reduce carbon emissions.”

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