Changwon Large Retailer Donates 55 Million KRW to Changwon Special City Fundraising

Collecting and Delivering Profit from Sales Commission of Volume-Based Waste Bags

Changwon Special City, Gyeongnam Province, announced on the 18th that it received a donation of over 55 million KRW from 16 large retail stores in the area through the ‘Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project’.

At the donation ceremony, Hong Nampyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City, Lee Wonseok, Store Manager of Emart Changwon Branch, Ha Jihee, Deputy Manager of Lotte Mart Masan Branch, Park Byungseon, Deputy Manager of GS The Fresh Towol Branch, Kim Haejin, Executive Director of Jinhae Nonghyup Hanaro Mart, and Park Eundeok, Secretary General of the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea, attended.

Sixteen large retail stores in Changwon, Gyeongnam, donated approximately 55 million won from the "Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project" to Changwon Special City.

The city, along with large retail stores selling over 100 million KRW worth of pay-as-you-throw bags annually, agreed to ‘return sales profits to the local community’ and signed the nation’s first ‘Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project’ agreement on March 2, 2021, between Changwon City, 16 large retail stores, and the Community Chest of Korea. Last year, the first donation amounted to 58 million KRW.

This year marks the second donation, which was raised from the sales commission profits of pay-as-you-throw bags over the past year from the 16 participating stores. The funds will be used to support low-income families and promote local welfare through the Community Chest.

The participating stores include five Lotte Mart branches, three Homeplus branches, two Emart branches, three GS The Fresh branches (Daebang, Towol, Yeoja Branches), Namchangwon Nonghyup Agricultural and Marine Products Distribution Center, Jinhae Nonghyup Hanaro Mart, and Ungdong Nonghyup Hanaro Mart, totaling 16 locations. The city plans to provide administrative support such as publicity to ensure the sustainability and effectiveness of the sharing project.

Mayor Hong said, “I thank the representatives of the 16 participating stores and the Community Chest for actively participating in making the nation’s first Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project possible. We will strive to spread a warm culture of sharing in the local community.”

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