Jeju Development Corporation Selected as an Excellent Innovative Local Public Institution

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Hye-seon] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province Development Corporation announced on the 12th that it was selected as an innovative excellent institution at the '2021 Innovative Excellent Local Public Institution Competition' conducted by the Local Public Enterprise Evaluation Institute of the Ministry of the Interior and Safety on the 8th.

This selection as an excellent institution was the result of a strict evaluation conducted three times on 491 best practice cases submitted by local public institutions nationwide from July to the end of August, with only 25 institutions advancing to the final round of the '2021 Innovative Excellent Local Public Institution Competition.'

The 25 institutions that advanced to the final round made online on-site presentations, and Jeju Development Corporation was finally selected as an innovative excellent institution on the 8th in recognition of its eco-friendly management activities for the upcycling project it submitted.

The corporation continuously strives to practice social value by establishing an eco-friendly product production system, including reducing plastic resources through lightweighting Samdasoo products, producing label-free Samdasoo products to obtain the highest recycling grade, and applying environmental product declaration certification to Samdasoo production.

In addition, it is promoting various projects to realize a plastic resource circulation society, such as expanding collection projects through plastic cap separate disposal involving public-private, companies, and residents, and PET bottle automatic collection reward machines, as well as producing eco-friendly clothing and knit bags using marine waste upcycling and waste plastic.

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