Where Trash is Reborn... Gangdong-gu Ri&Upcycle Plaza

Gangdong-gu Lee&Upcycle Plaza, Recruiting Participants for 2024 Education Programs
One-Day Class on April 24: Making Tea Coasters from Waste Glass Pieces

Gangdong-gu (District Mayor Lee Soo-hee) announced on the 26th that it is recruiting participants for the 2024 upcycling program at the 'Gangdong-gu Re&Upcycle Plaza' (960 Dongnam-ro).

Officially opened last September, the 'Gangdong-gu Re&Upcycle Plaza' is equipped with various facilities for systematic resource circulation and recycling. On the 1st and 2nd floors, there are modernized recycling centers, a resource circulation promotion hall, and the Areumin Library, providing residents with comfortable spaces to use at any time. The 3rd floor houses office facilities and classrooms.

The district expects this place to establish itself as a space that operates various educational programs, creating new product value by adding design to discarded resources as well as recycling, while simultaneously spreading the culture of resource circulation within the community and playing a pivotal role in leading the upcycling industry.

Among the various programs previously operated, the 'Jump Rope Using Discarded Banners' and 'Making Keychains by Recycling Plastic Bottle Caps,' which were especially popular, have been newly opened as group programs for elementary school students in the district this year, and all sessions have already been fully booked with great response.

Additionally, a new program for Gangdong-gu residents, 'Making Coasters from Discarded Glass Pieces,' will be held as a one-day class on April 24, recruiting 15 participants on a first-come, first-served basis. Reservations for this program can be made through the Seoul Public Service Reservation System starting March 25.

Backgroundsuk, Head of the Cleaning Administration Division, said, "We hope this program will help residents recognize the importance of resource circulation and actively participate in proper waste separation and recycling."

Gangdong-gu also announced plans to develop various policies for a sustainable environment and to promote residents' awareness change and participation through the expansion of educational programs.

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