Hanwha TotalEnergies Donates Ondol Mats Made from Recycled Plastic Materials

Plastic Resource Circulation Social Contribution Campaign

Hanwha TotalEnergies carried out a ‘Plastic Resource Circulation Social Contribution Campaign’ by installing ondol mats made from recycled plastic materials in places where they are needed in the local community.

Hanwha TotalEnergies announced on the 11th that it visited the Mapo Self-Sufficiency Center with the Seoul Social Welfare Council on the 8th and 9th to install ondol mats for floor heating. The Hanwha TotalEnergies volunteer group also participated in the installation, setting up ondol mats on approximately 100㎡ (30 pyeong) of the Mapo Self-Sufficiency Center’s training room floor.

The installation support of ondol mats at the Mapo Self-Sufficiency Center was planned as part of Hanwha TotalEnergies’ ‘Plastic Resource Circulation Social Contribution Campaign.’ Hanwha TotalEnergies launched this resource circulation campaign to reduce the use of disposable products and expand the recycling of plastics for the ‘sustainability of plastics.’

Hanwha TotalEnergies employees visit the Mapo Self-Sufficiency Center with the Seoul Social Welfare Council to install ondol mats for floor heating.
[Photo by Hanwha TotalEnergies]

First, in September, Hanwha TotalEnergies installed an unmanned rental and return system for reusable cups at its Seoul office to reduce employees’ use of disposable cups and make reusable cups easily accessible. The reusable cups were purchased from Hanwha TotalEnergies’ polypropylene (PP) customers, adding significance to customer co-prosperity. Polypropylene is a synthetic resin produced from propylene and is a representative plastic material used as a raw material for various household items such as food containers and packaging materials, as well as electrical and electronic materials, automotive interior and exterior materials, and various films.

Employees were satisfied with the fact that, unlike disposable paper cups that quickly become soggy, reusable cups can be used for a long time, and a professional company handles collection and cleaning, allowing them to always use clean reusable cups. Hanwha TotalEnergies also established a resource circulation process that sends reusable plastic cups that have exceeded the designated number of uses to a recycling specialist company, a partner firm, to be produced into recycled plastic raw materials.

Hanwha TotalEnergies 'Plastic Resource Circulation Social Contribution Campaign' [Image source=Hanwha TotalEnergies]

Hanwha TotalEnergies took a step further by expanding the campaign into a social contribution activity that donates ondol mats produced from recycled plastic raw materials to neighbors in need of heating equipment.

Hanwha TotalEnergies purchased ondol mats from a recycled plastic raw material customer company that produces ondol mats, together with the Seoul Social Welfare Council, and carried out ondol mat installation at the Deungchon Self-Sufficiency Center and Mapo Self-Sufficiency Center. For the installation project, Hanwha TotalEnergies donated 19 million KRW to the Seoul Social Welfare Council.

The costs for the installation project were raised through employee donations and the company’s matching grant fund. Hanwha TotalEnergies plans to review expanding the installation by checking the satisfaction and additional demand of users at the self-sufficiency centers where the ondol mats were installed.

A Hanwha TotalEnergies official said, “Through this campaign, we achieved a triple effect of environmental protection by reducing the use of disposable products, customer co-prosperity by purchasing customer products and recycled plastic raw materials, and social contribution by providing heating supplies to the local community.” He added, “We will actively promote Hanwha TotalEnergies’ unique social contribution programs that can encompass proper plastic use, environmental protection, and regional co-prosperity in the future.”

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