Six organizations and companies join hands to sign a business agreement for a pilot project for the ‘used blanket circular economy’

▲ Let’s recycle the old blankets in Jeju Island’s closet instead of incinerating them.

[Global Economic Times] Jeju Special Self-Governing Province is the first in the country to implement a ‘used blanket circular economy pilot project’.

Jeju Island signed a business agreement for this project with the Jeju Creative Economy Innovation Center, Korea Environment Corporation Jeju Branch, Jeju City Upcycling Center, Evejari Co., Ltd., and Jacqueline Co., Ltd.

The agreement ceremony was held at the Jeju Creative Economy Innovation Center at 11 am on the 17th. Participating organizations and companies agreed to cooperate in establishing a circular economy system for used blankets.

This project is a pioneering attempt to establish a resource circulation system for used blankets, which were previously incinerated, in Jeju for the first time in Korea.

We plan to establish a circulation system that ① collects discarded used blankets, ② produces recycled cotton through a comprehensive recycling company, and ③ produces recycled products (blankets, etc.) using the recycled cotton.

Through this, Jeju Island plans to provide a model to expand resource recycling of bedding waste nationwide.

In order to successfully promote the project, Jeju Island has established a resource circulation system by reviewing related laws and regulations through 13 collaborations since last July, including discussions with participating organizations and companies and consultations with the administrative city.

The success of this project depends not only on the cooperation of the parties to the agreement but also on the active participation of residents. Collecting used blankets proceeds as follows.

After the pilot project ends, Jeju Island and participating organizations and companies plan to analyze the project results and find ways to establish a resource circulation system for bedding.

Kang Ae-sook, director of Jeju Island's Climate and Environment Bureau, said, “This project is the first step in presenting a new model of resource circulation of bedding waste,” and emphasized, “For the successful implementation of the project, the interest and participation of the island's residents is needed more than anything else.”