Hwaseong City Conducts Intensive Inspections on Excessive Packaging Ahead of Lunar New Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Jung Jun-sung] Hwaseong City announced on the 21st that it will conduct intensive inspections on excessive packaging to eliminate such practices with gift sets ahead of the Lunar New Year holiday.

To this end, the city will conduct intensive inspections on the appropriateness of excessive packaging and separate disposal labeling from the 24th to the 28th, focusing on major retailers in the city.

In particular, gift sets (comprehensive products) of primary foods, processed foods, and alcoholic beverages that have high sales during holidays will be subject to inspections, and packaging methods must comply with no more than two layers of packaging and a packaging space ratio of 25% or less.

This inspection targets all Lunar New Year products at retailers, with simple measurements conducted on displayed items, and items suspected of excessive packaging will be referred to testing institutions for determination through test report submission orders.

Based on the test report results, violating businesses will be subject to fines of 1 million won for first-time violations, 2 million won for second-time violations, and up to 3 million won for third-time violations.

Park Min-chul, director of the Environmental Services Division, stated, "Through this inspection, we will do our best to prevent unnecessary packaging waste from excessive packaging and ensure that precious resources are not wasted."