Osan City to Offer Up to 20,000 Won Annual Reward for Carbon-Neutral Practices

[Suwon Ilbo=Reporter Park Chan-hyeok] Osan City is launching a comprehensive carbon-neutral action policy based on citizen participation.

Starting April 1, the city will implement the 'Climate Action Opportunity Income' Osan City specialized project in partnership with Gyeonggi Province's carbon-neutral practice reward platform, and will provide rewards to citizens who participate in daily circular economy activities, the city announced on the 31st.

This project is being promoted as a city-level cooperative initiative with six cities and counties across the province. Among these, Osan City will differentiate itself by investing additional resources centered on the circular economy sector, providing separate rewards exclusively to Osan residents.

Participants must be Osan residents who sign up for the 'Climate Action Opportunity Income' app. To receive rewards, Osan resident verification and local currency registration are required.

The participation method is simple. Residents can participate in the recycling exchange program (submitting used batteries or paper packs of 1kg or more) conducted at each dong administrative welfare center or participate in transparent plastic bottle collection events, and then authenticate through the QR code provided on-site.

Accumulated rewards are 200 won per authentication, with participation possible once per day and a maximum of 20,000 won receivable annually. The accumulated amount will be automatically paid out in local currency on a monthly basis according to participation results in the following month.

Through this project, the city expects to encourage citizens' voluntary carbon-neutral practices while also seeing positive effects on the spread of circular economy culture and promotion of local consumption.

Mayor Lee Kwon-jae stated, "This project has been designed to enable citizens to participate in circular economy activities in their daily lives and receive rewards accordingly," and added, "Going forward, we will continuously manage to ensure that carbon-neutral policies based on citizen participation are stably operated."