Let's Use the 'Gyeongnam Environment Love Gift Certificate' and Join in Saving the Earth!

Gyeongnam Province First Nationwide Issuance, 3.25 Billion KRW Scale This Year

Encouraging Eco-Friendly Value Consumption, Used in 471 Chorok Stores

The Gyeongnam Environmental Love Gift Certificate will be launched at 10 a.m. on May 2.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Lee Seryeong] Gyeongsangnam-do will issue the ‘Gyeongnam Environment Love Gift Certificate’ at 10 a.m. on May 2.

The Gyeongnam Environment Love Gift Certificate is the first gift certificate issued nationwide by Gyeongsangnam-do to reduce the use of disposable plastics. It can be purchased as a Zero Pay mobile gift certificate with a 20% discount, up to a maximum of 100,000 KRW per month.

Consumers can use it at green stores designated by the province when they bring reusable containers such as tumblers instead of disposable containers.

The total issuance amount this year is 3.25 billion KRW, with 750 million KRW to be issued first in May, and a certain amount will be issued every month thereafter.

An official from the province said, “Not only can you receive a pre-discount benefit when purchasing the gift certificate, but you can also get additional discounts provided by the green stores themselves, enabling eco-friendly value consumption.”

The Gyeongnam-type green stores are stores that give discounts to customers who use reusable containers when ordering food or drinks for takeout and participate in establishing a lifestyle culture that reduces waste.

Gyeongsangnam-do has been steadily recruiting since December last year, and currently, 471 stores are registered.

To make it easy to check green stores where the gift certificates can be used, the province plans to implement a system that shows green stores on the provincial website and Z-MAP, and promote it through banners and text notification services.

Jo Yongjeong, head of the Environmental Policy Division, said, “The Gyeongnam Environment Love Gift Certificate is the first eco-friendly value consumption gift certificate attempted nationwide,” and added, “We hope for much interest and active participation in the lifestyle practice to establish a culture of eliminating waste in Gyeongsangnam-do.”

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