Both require customers to pay a 300 won deposit when buying a drink in a single-use cup. The customer can get back by returning the used cup through an application run by the Container Deposit System Management Organisation.
The discount provided by Seoul will be given on top of the discounts that coffee shops already have for drinks ordered using a personal cup.Besides coffeehouses, public facilities such as movie theatres and stadiums will also be required to use reusable cups. For example, once Seoul Medical Centre Funeral Hall expanded the use of multi-use containers, their waste levels were reduced by 80 per cent.
Starting from parks near Jamsu Bridge this year to Ttukseom Hangang Park and Banpo Hangang Park in 2024, all Han River parks will be designated “Zero Plastic Zones”.Swopping apples for mangoes: South Korea eyes more tropical fruits due to climate change The city government will actively enforce recycling clear plastic bottles separately from their labels, in accordance with an environmental law that came into effect in Dec 2021.
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