[전국]”How do I get my disposable cup deposit back?”… Confusion seems inevitable

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From today (2nd), the disposable cup deposit system will be implemented in Sejong City and Jeju Island.

It is starting a pilot project to protect the environment by reducing the use of disposable products and increase the recycling rate of resources.

Are you ready?

Reporter Lee Sang-gon inspected the scene in advance.

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This is a simple collection machine for disposable cups installed in Sejong City Hall.

If you take your barcode in the resource circulation deposit app and the barcode on the disposable cup in order, you will get your 300 won deposit back.

Even if it is not a store, a return collection point where disposable items can be returned has also been set up in places with a large floating population.

With the implementation of the disposable cup deposit system in Sejong City for franchise stores such as coffee shops with more than 100 affiliates, a place to return the cups is provided outside the store.

Are the preparations good?

A store in Sejong City a day before the implementation of the deposit system.

The simple collection machine that should be there is not visible, and only a guide to the app is attached.

I went to another store and couldn’t find any information about it at all.

It was investigated that only 55% of the 174 stores in Sejong that are to implement the deposit system wished to install a simple collection machine.

Citizens said the cup deposit system was unfamiliar and confusing.

[공새하 / 세종시 금남면 : 카페마다 조금 정책이 다르다고 들었어요. 그래서 그런 것들은 이용하는 차원에서 환경을 지키기 위해서는 개인이 노력해서 알아봐야 하지 않나 생각이 듭니다.]

[김경태 / 세종시 금남면 : 어떻게 반납해야 하는지 모르겠고 어떤 앱을 깔아야 하는지 그런 걸 잘 알 수 없어서 좀 홍보가 많이 필요한 것 같아요.]

From the first day of implementation, helpers are placed in stores to help consumers and business owners, but it will only be supported for four days, three hours a day.

[한기정 / 세종시 소상공인협회장 : 날짜 정해놓고 밀어붙이기식으로 진행하다 보니 업무가 좀 매끄럽지도 못하고…. 아마 소비자들한테 좀 설명하고 이러는데 시간이 좀 많이 걸릴 것 같아요. 그러면 결국은 그게 소상공인들한테 짐이거든요.]

In Jeju, large private cafes with good business were excluded from the application, and even stores that declared a boycott appeared, saying that it was not fair.

[오정훈 / 제주 프랜차이즈 점주협의회 대표 : 일단 형평성이 안 맞고, 저희가 제도 시행하는 데 있어서 여건이 안되고 마지막으로는 위생이나 고객분들과의 마찰이 생길 수 있어서….]

The Ministry of Environment plans to induce consumer participation by holding giveaway events in the early stages of implementation, but looking back at the site, confusion seems inevitable for the time being.

This is YTN Sang-gon Lee.

YTN Lee Sang-gon ([email protected])

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