Sejong City Expands Paper Carton Collection Project... "Exchange for Toilet Paper After Collection"

[Asia Economy (Sejong) Reporter Jeong Il-woong] Sejong City is expanding its paper carton collection project. The project involves collecting separated milk, soy milk, and beverage cartons and exchanging them for eco-friendly toilet paper, a type of recyclable goods exchange method.

According to the city on the 10th, last year the project was conducted at a total of 302 locations (an increase of 142 locations compared to the previous year), achieving the collection of approximately 126.3 tons of paper cartons.

This year, to maximize the efficiency of the project, the city will further expand the paper carton collection sites by adding 100 more locations through a public announcement.

Paper cartons are made from high-quality pulp, so they have high recycling value, but they are often mixed with general waste paper when disposed of, resulting in only partial recycling and mostly being discarded. This means the value of this high-quality resource is not properly utilized.

Accordingly, the city is realizing a resource-circulating economy by having the collected paper cartons recycled into toilet paper at local paper mills and helping the disposers use the recycled products.

The city currently exchanges one roll of toilet paper per 1 kg of paper cartons. This equates to one roll of toilet paper for every 100 cartons of 200 ml, 55 cartons of 500 ml, or 35 cartons of 1000 ml.

Disposers of paper cartons can empty the contents, rinse, unfold, dry, and collect the cartons, then deliver them to the Eup, Myeon, or Dong administrative welfare centers to exchange for toilet paper.

Kim Eun-hee, head of the city's Resource Circulation Division, said, “Citizens' proper separation and disposal habits can lead to economic value creation through resource recycling,” and added, “We ask for citizens' active cooperation and participation in resource recycling.”

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