On the 6th, Lotte Mart announced that it donated upcycled facilities made from waste plastics to an alternative school in Guri, Gyeonggi Province, in celebration of 'Resource Recycling Day'.
Lotte Mart donated a desk, chairs, and benches made from 520 kg of waste plastics collected locally to Guri Dandelion School. The high-pressure press injection for the facility's production was undertaken by local small and medium corporations.
On the 5th, a handover ceremony for the facilities held at Guri Square included a special performance for Guri citizens and a talk concert to raise awareness of the need for resource recycling.
Since March of last year, Lotte Mart has collaborated with the Gyeonggi Environmental Energy Agency to initiate an upcycling project for waste banners, providing construction materials to traditional market merchants and small business owners in Suwon. For this effort, it received a commendation from the Minister of Environment at last year's Resource Recycling Day ceremony.
Jin Jutae, head of compliance support at Lotte Mart, said, "This upcycling facility donation ceremony is a meaningful project that realizes both resource recycling and community coexistence values." He noted, "Lotte Mart will continue to collaborate with local communities to pursue sustainable ESG and coexistence activities in the future."