Danggeun Market "Achieves Cumulative Reduction of 190,000 Tons of Greenhouse Gases"

10 Million Users Participate in Secondhand Trading on Danggeun Market About Once a Month, Promoting Resource Reuse

[Asia Economy Reporter Kim Cheol-hyun] Danggeun Market (co-CEOs Kim Yong-hyun and Kim Jae-hyun) announced on the 21st that it has created a cumulative greenhouse gas reduction effect of 200,000 tons through secondhand transactions with 10 million users across 6,577 regions nationwide.

Danggeun Market shares greenhouse gas information reduced together with the value of resources reused through secondhand transactions over the past month every 1st of the month via the 'Danggeun Ledger.' More than 10 million sharing and transaction posts are uploaded monthly on Danggeun Market. Based on the cumulative number of completed transactions nationwide, the greenhouse gas reduction effect was calculated to be approximately 191,782 tons.

By region, secondhand transactions were most active in Jeongja-dong, Bundang-gu, Seongnam-si; Opo-eup, Gwangju-si, Gyeonggi; and Nohyeong-dong, Jeju-si, in that order. These three areas also ranked top 3 in free sharing among neighbors. The most actively reused items through secondhand transactions in the past month were clothing and accessories, digital and home appliances, baby products, and furniture. On average per month, the clothing and accessories category had 2.8 million posts, digital and home appliances 1.52 million, baby products 1.41 million, and furniture over 880,000 transaction posts.

Kim Yong-hyun, co-CEO of Danggeun Market, said, "As voices for environmental protection are rising worldwide due to global warming and abnormal climate phenomena, the culture of sharing and reusing unused items through secondhand transactions has become a local lifestyle trend. Danggeun Market will continue to foster a healthy secondhand transaction environment so that neighbors can participate in environmental protection through precious sharing."