Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority Produces Recycled Sacks from Waste Banners in the Port

Collection and Sorting of Abandoned Waste Banners in the Port

Production of Recycled Sacks in Collaboration with Local Social Enterprises

[Asia Economy Honam Reporting Headquarters, Reporter Heo Seon-sik] Yeosu Gwangyang Port Authority (President Park Seong-hyun, YGPA) announced on the 21st that it has transformed abandoned banners left within the port into sacks for collecting pollutants in the port area.

Until now, abandoned banners had been left unattended for long periods within the port, damaging the aesthetics, and even when collected, they were rarely recycled as they were mostly incinerated or landfilled, causing environmental pollution.

In response, YGPA conducted collection activities for abandoned banners in the port roads and port hinterland areas as part of efforts to build an eco-friendly and safe port.

Additionally, in collaboration with Songgwang Happiness Town, a social enterprise employing people with severe disabilities in the region, the collected banners were recycled to produce 2,000 regular sacks and 200 large sacks.

These repurposed sacks will be used not only for environmental cleanup activities in the Gwangyang Port hinterland but also as sacks for collecting marine plastics in the ‘Yeosu·Gwangyang Port Resource Circulation Project,’ which operates to realize social values such as marine environmental protection and job creation.

The ‘Yeosu·Gwangyang Port Resource Circulation Project’ is YGPA’s flagship ESG management initiative, promoting marine environmental protection through △crackdown on plastic dumping at sea ▲collection and sorting of marine plastic waste ▲processing of marine plastics and production of recycled yarn, thus ensuring high utilization of the recycled collection sacks.

Im Hyeong-yoon, Head of ESG Management Office, stated, “We expect a twofold effect by finding an eco-friendly use for the troublesome abandoned banners within the port and reinforcing the ongoing resource circulation project through this effort. We will continue to develop various projects to create environmental and social value to lead ESG management in the port.”

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