Recycling Discarded Banners into Building Materials... Seoul City Creates Eco-Friendly Reading Space at Namsan Library

Opening of Eco-Friendly Space Promoted through Multilateral Agreement among Seoul City, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Lotte Homeshopping, and Korea Environment Corporation

[Asia Economy Reporter Lim Cheol-young] The 'Namsan Sky Garden,' an eco-friendly citizen rest space at Namsan Library that utilizes waste banners generated in Seoul and discarded clothing from Lotte Home Shopping as building materials, has been completed.

On the 20th, the Seoul Metropolitan Government announced that the opening ceremony of 'Namsan Sky Garden' was held at Namsan Library. Namsan Sky Garden is a citizen rest area created in the outdoor space on the second floor of Namsan Library. To raise awareness of resource circulation in the era of climate crisis and to commemorate the 100th anniversary of the opening of Namsan Library this year, Seoul City, Lotte Home Shopping, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, Korea Environment Corporation, the Salvation Army, and Namsan Library collaborated to establish it.

On May 19, Seoul City signed a 'Memorandum of Understanding for the Practice of Resource Circulation and Social Value Management' with Korea Environment Corporation, Lotte Home Shopping, Seoul Metropolitan Office of Education, and Namsan Library in the seminar room on the 5th floor of Namsan Library, participating in the project to create an eco-friendly space at Namsan Library using waste banners and discarded clothing as building materials.

The agreement included ▲support for collection and transportation of waste banners linked with local governments and project promotion ▲creation of an eco-friendly space at Namsan Library using waste banners to realize corporate social value management ▲support for environmental education using recycled products. Since May, each institution has cooperated mutually from design, construction, to completion for the establishment of Namsan Sky Garden.

After signing the agreement, Seoul City surveyed autonomous districts that could provide banners to produce eco-friendly building materials and received 2,540 banners from Geumcheon-gu. In addition to banners, 22,860 pieces of discarded clothing generated by Lotte Home Shopping were used to manufacture building materials, which were reborn as chairs, tables, and other furniture where citizens can comfortably sit and rest.

Meanwhile, Seoul City is collecting about 5,000 banners from 10 autonomous districts and is promoting a materialization project at Seoul Saeul-yong Plaza. The materialized waste banners will be provided to upcycling companies to produce and sell bags, wallets, pouches, and more.

Yoon Jae-sam, Director of the Resource Recovery Facility Promotion Team, said, "We hope that this project will raise awareness of resource circulation in the era of climate crisis," adding, "We will continue to discuss and cooperate with public and private institutions to find ways to utilize resources more valuably for resource saving, recycling promotion, and environmental conservation."

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