SEOUL, March 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will launch a waste reduction program this year, giving a discount of 400 won (US$0.3) to consumers who buy beverages in reusable personal cups at cafes, officials said Monday. The program is intended to encourage cafe-goers to use personal tumblers, instead of disposable cups, to [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers will be given 300 won (US$0.24) in cashable points for every beverage they buy in a reusable cup at cafes, the environment ministry said Sunday, in a new waste-reduction program. Under the program, the 300-won “carbon neutrality” points will be paid when consumers buy a beverage either in [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul city government will launch a tumbler rental program this week in collaboration with a group of nearby coffee shops as part of a joint experimental project to drive out disposable cups from cafes, officials said Thursday. Under the “multiuse cup experimental project,” set to kick off Saturday, [...]