Icheon City and Hangang River Basin Environmental Office Sign Business Agreement to Create a Festival Without Single-Use Products

On the 28th, Icheon City in Gyeonggi Province announced on the 29th that it signed a business agreement with the Hangang River Basin Environmental Office at the city hall Daol Room to create a 'Festival Without Disposable Products.'

Kim Kyung-hee (fifth from the left), Mayor of Icheon, and Kim Dong-gu (fourth from the left), Administrator of the Hangang River Basin Environmental Office, are holding up the agreement at the signing ceremony for the "Creating a Festival Without Disposable Products" partnership. Photo by Icheon City

This agreement was promoted to create a sustainable circular economy society through resource saving and reuse promotion. According to the agreement, both organizations agreed to cooperate in sharing information about local festivals, promoting the use of reusable containers within festival venues, and providing administrative and financial support for operating festivals without disposable products.

Icheon City plans to operate festivals it organizes as disposable-free by hygienically piloting the rental and washing of reusable containers within booths.

Kim Kyung-hee, mayor of Icheon City, said, "We will actively participate in festivals without disposable products and strive to establish a culture of using reusable containers."