Yongin City to Restrict Single-Use Cups at City Hall Starting Next Year

[Suwon Ilbo=Park No-hun Reporter] Yongin Special City has decided to restrict the bringing of single-use cups into city hall starting next year.

The initiative aims to have public officials lead by example in reducing the use of disposable products.

To this end, the city held a 'Zero Single-Use Cup City Hall' campaign in the first-floor lobby of City Hall on the 19th to promote the ban on single-use cups in the building.

On that day, 20 staff members from the Resource Circulation Division held banners and placards at the entrances in front of the Civil Affairs and Passport Division and the concession stand, promoting the restriction on bringing single-use cups into the building starting next year while encouraging the use of personal tumblers and reusable cups.

To ensure the policy is smoothly implemented, the city plans to actively promote it again on the 27th through an employee campaign via elevators and announcements throughout the building.

Starting next year, the city will install single-use cup collection bins in front of the building entrances, and commissioned police officers stationed at the entrances will restrict the bringing of single-use cups into the building.

A city official said, "If public officials take the lead in reducing single-use cup usage, we can expand the culture of using reusable products in the private sector as well," adding, "We urge you to make an effort to use reusable cups or personal tumblers, even if it is a bit inconvenient."