CU and Neople Launch Eco-Friendly Campaign... "We Provide Paper Bags in Jeju"

On the 17th, BGF Retail partnered with Neople to launch the eco-friendly campaign "2022 We Make Green Jeju" aimed at reducing the use of plastic bags.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chunhan] BGF Retail announced on the 17th that it is partnering with Neople to carry out the eco-friendly campaign "2022 We Make Green Jeju" to reduce the use of plastic bags.

Since September 2020, BGF Retail has been conducting an eco-friendly campaign centered around about 150 CU stores located in tourist areas of Jeju, providing paper bags instead of plastic bags. The eco-friendly paper bags are made from recycled paper and can be separated for recycling as paper, reducing environmental impact. One side of the paper bag features a design illustrating the proper disposal method for disposable masks in response to the COVID-19 situation.

Through last year's paper bag usage campaign, approximately 2.3 million paper bags replaced plastic bags, and according to the campaign's intent, if customers reused the paper bags three or more times, it effectively reduced the use of at least 6.9 million plastic bags. In fact, CU Jeju Iho Ogwang Branch, which opened in 2017, saw its daily plastic bag sales drop significantly last year from over 200 bags per day, ranking last among more than 15,000 CU stores nationwide.

A BGF Retail official said, "We have joined forces with Neople again this year to protect Jeju Island, the most beloved tourist destination in Korea and a natural heritage in itself," adding, "We will continue to add eco-friendly elements throughout our stores?from products to marketing?so that simply using CU can have an environmental protection effect, establishing CU as a green platform in everyday life."

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