Lotte Department Store Holds Chuseok Gift Set Cooler Bag Return Event... "Earn L.Points"

Up to 50,000 Points Per Person... Any App Member Can Participate

A customer is participating in a cooler bag collection event at the Lotte Department Store Main Branch in Jung-gu, Seoul.

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Chun-han] Lotte Department Store announced on the 23rd that it will hold a thermal bag collection event for holiday gift sets at all stores until the 25th of next month.

This event was planned as part of environmental protection activities to reduce the disposal of thermal bags after use. The thermal insulation material used in the thermal bags, Toylon, suppresses the circulation of air inside and outside the bag to maintain cooling, but it is difficult to recycle and is classified as general waste. Accordingly, Lotte Department Store plans to upcycle the collected thermal bags into products that increase their value through recycling.

Any member registered on the Lotte Department Store application (app) can participate. To join the event, customers need to bring the thermal bag, excluding the gift product and box, to the nearest Lotte Department Store promotional event venue. Customers who return thermal bags will receive L.Points, awarding 5,000 points per bag returned, up to a maximum of 50,000 points.

Meanwhile, Lotte Department Store has replaced the packaging materials used for gift sets with recyclable materials to protect the environment. In the case of fruits, previously only the trays and dividers holding the fruit were made of paper products, but this Chuseok, the fruit holders that secure the fruit to prevent displacement have also been changed to recyclable materials. The use of recyclable paper has also increased in seafood packaging. The abalone gift sets, which were previously made with Styrofoam, have had their internal dividers replaced with paper materials, and the bags for the new anchovy gift sets are also made from recyclable paper materials.

A Lotte Department Store official said, “In preparation for the holiday season, we prepared this promotion not only to sell good gift sets to customers but also to find solutions for discarded bags that cause environmental problems,” adding, “We plan to strengthen promotions related to eco-friendly products during future holidays to provide various shopping experiences to customers visiting the department store.”

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