EBTS Cooperative Volunteer Group Launches 100% Cigarette Butt Clean Campaign in Gwangju Chungjang-ro

Environmental Cleanup Campaign in the Chungjang-ro Area of Gwangju

On March 12, the EBTS Cooperative Volunteer Group (Gwangju Central Branch) conducted the “100% Cigarette Butt Clean Campaign” in the Chungjang-ro area, a popular youth district in Gwangju, to promote the creation of a clean, cigarette-butt-free street.

Chungjang-ro, often referred to as the Myeongdong of Gwangju, is a bustling area frequented by the city’s young people. The campaign was organized to collect discarded cigarette butts from various locations along Chungjang-ro and to raise public awareness about environmental protection.

About 30 volunteers wore campaign sashes and, equipped with tongs, collection cups, and bags, walked along Chungjang-ro, picking up cigarette butts from the streets.

The volunteers unanimously pledged to become “guardians who prevent cigarette butt littering.”

Choi Jeongwon, head of the EBTS Cooperative Volunteer Group’s Gwangju Central Branch, stated, “We will continue to work with citizens to make Chungjang-ro one of the cleanest streets in the country,” and added, “We will take the lead in creating a city culture free of cigarette butts.”

Meanwhile, EBTS Cooperative was founded in 2019, with its name symbolizing: Energy (E), which creates social and economic value; Bank (B), which gathers individual values; the flow and circulation of energy (T); and a Standardized operating system (S). EBTS currently operates around 80 branches nationwide, and notably provides jobs without retirement age for middle-aged and senior citizens aged 55 to 79, offering a sustainable model for mutual growth between companies and local communities.

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