Goryeong-gun Saemaeul Association Collects 14 Tons of 'Waste Pesticide Bottles'... 40 Million Won Donated to Help Neighbors in Need

Goryeong-gun Saemaeul Association held a launch ceremony for the 'COVID-19' eradication campaign linked with the pesticide bottle disposal campaign on the 28th.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Choi Jae-ho] Goryeong County announced on the morning of the 28th that the Saemaeul Association (President Park Jung-gyu) held a 'Collecting Waste Pesticide Bottles' campaign at the Mosangol public parking lot in Jisan-ri, Daegaya-eup, with the participation of about 100 male and female leaders.

The Saemaeul Leaders' Council and the Women's Association are responsible for managing the waste pesticide bottle collection boxes in the eup and myeon areas, and the county and Saemaeul Association have installed resource recycling rain shelters in the eup and myeon areas and distributed nets to efficiently collect waste pesticide bottles.

Goryeong County Saemaeul Association plans to use the approximately 40 million won in proceeds secured from 14 tons of waste pesticide bottles collected that day as funds for year-end aid to neighbors in need and for Saemaeul's own projects.

Gwak Yong-hwan, Goryeong County Governor, said, "I appreciate the efforts of those who participated in the waste pesticide bottle collection campaign and the COVID-19 eradication launch ceremony," and encouraged, "I ask the Goryeong County Saemaeul Association to take the lead in continuously practicing the county-wide environmental preservation movement and voluntary quarantine activities to create a clean and safe Goryeong."