Large Retailers Donate Sales Commission Profits from Volume-Based Waste Bags to Changwon Special City

"Proceeds from the Sale of Volume-Based Waste Bags Will Be Returned to the Local Community"

On the 8th, Changwon Special City in Gyeongnam held a donation ceremony for the ‘Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Profit Sharing Project’ at the city hall reception room, receiving a total of 51,190,810 KRW from 16 large retail stores in the area.

The ceremony was attended by Hong Nam-pyo, Mayor of Changwon Special City; Kim Seong-yul, Deputy Manager of Emart Changwon Branch; Ha Ji-hee, Deputy Manager of Lotte Mart Masan Branch; Lim Byeong-seung, Manager of Homeplus Masan Branch; Lee Chang-hee, Manager of GS The Fresh Towol Branch; Kim Hae-jin, Executive Director of Jinhae Nonghyup Hanaro Mart; and Park Eun-duk, Secretary General of the Gyeongnam Community Chest of Korea.

The city, together with large retail stores selling over 100 million KRW worth of pay-as-you-throw bags annually, shared the intention to ‘return sales profits to the local community’ and in March 2021, Changwon City, large retail stores, and the Community Chest of Korea signed the nation’s first agreement for the ‘Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project.’

Changwon Special City held a donation ceremony on the 8th for the 'Revenue Sharing Project from the Sale of Standardized Waste Bags,' with contributions from 16 large retail stores in the area.

Since then, 58 million KRW was donated as the first contribution in 2022, marking this year as the third donation. The cumulative donation amount is 165 million KRW. The donation funds were raised from the sales commission profits of pay-as-you-throw bags over the past year from these 16 companies and will be used through the Community Chest of Korea to support low-income families and local community welfare within the city.

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

Mayor Hong said, “I thank the representatives of the 16 companies who actively participated in our city’s Pay-As-You-Throw Bag Sales Commission Profit Sharing Project and the Community Chest of Korea, and I will strive to spread a warm culture of sharing in the local community.”

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