500 Households in Suwon Participating in Carbon Point Program Donate Incentives

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Seo Dong-young] Five hundred households in Suwon participating in the 'Carbon Point Program' have donated 6.813 million won in incentives from the first half of 2020, requesting that they be delivered to "neighbors facing economic hardship."

On the 19th, Kang Gun-gu, Head of the Suwon City Environmental Bureau, handed over the donations (incentives) to Lee Beom-yeol, Head of the Planning Fundraising Team at the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea at City Hall.

The donations were raised through contributions from Suwon citizens who received incentives by reducing their electricity, water, and city gas consumption among Carbon Point Program participants.

The donation is scheduled to be delivered to 68 households in difficult economic circumstances through the Gyeonggi Community Chest of Korea.

Director Kang said, "I thank the citizens who participated in the Carbon Point Program to conserve energy and practiced warm sharing. It will be a source of strength for underprivileged neighbors facing hardship due to COVID-19."

The 'Carbon Point Program' implemented by the Ministry of Environment is a program that provides incentives twice a year (first and second half) in the form of cash, green cards, and gift certificates based on greenhouse gas reduction results generated by reducing electricity, water, and city gas consumption in households and commercial facilities.

Currently, 33,269 households in Suwon are enrolled and participating in the Carbon Point Program. Donations made by citizens who have participated since 2011 through January of this year amount to 159.51 million won. Any citizen can sign up on the Carbon Point Program website (http://cpoint.or.kr).