Osan City Opens 2024 Sharing Market Without Single-Use Products

[Suwon Ilbo = Reporter Lee Su-won] The '2024 Sharing Market' successfully opened on the 20th along the tree-lined street behind the Osan City Hall parking lot and between Daedong Apartments.

This sharing market was hosted by Osan City and organized by the Osan City Sustainable Development Council (Executive Chair Nam Dae-sung), with approximately 300 participants including operating committee members and citizens.

Osan City conducted a waste resource (paper packs, used batteries) collection campaign and promoted reducing single-use products, while the Osan City Sustainable Development Council promoted carbon-neutral practice point systems and operated natural material craft experience booths, providing citizens with time to reflect on resource circulation and the environment.

Meanwhile, the sharing market is a marketplace where citizens can exchange and sell reusable items that are not used at home. To raise awareness about recycling among citizens and expand alternative consumer culture, it is held monthly from April to November, excluding August when temperatures are extremely high.

Nam Dae-sung, Executive Chair of the Osan City Sustainable Development Council, said, "I hope that citizens will continue to learn the importance of resource circulation through small acts of sharing at the sharing market."

Mayor Lee Gwon-jae of Osan City said, "In line with the transition to a carbon-neutral society, Osan City will promote various policies such as reducing single-use products to create a carbon-neutral leading model."