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Starting tomorrow (19th), if you receive an electronic receipt instead of a paper one at the mart, you can get a refund of 100 won in cash at a time. The purpose is to work together to reduce carbon emissions, starting with what is possible in our daily life.



Environmental reporter Jang Se-man explains the details.



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a large mart, customers who have paid at the checkout take paper receipts as usual.



But this receipt goes into the trash without even opening it.



[Lee Ji-yeon/mart customer: (paper receipt) unnecessary. Because it is quickly discarded while counting, taking a peek at it.]



12.8 billion paper receipts are issued each year, and 120,000 trees must be cut down to get this paper, which emits more than 22,000 tons of carbon dioxide.



Last year, the rules were changed to allow for electronic receipts, but that hasn't changed much.



The government has come up with a new alternative to citizen participation.



In this way, if you participate in the practice of reducing greenhouse gas emissions that is possible in your daily life, such as receiving an electronic receipt instead of a paper receipt, a cash reward system will start tomorrow.



When you receive an electronic receipt instead of paper at marts and department stores, 100 won is returned in cash at a time.



If you use a refill shop that sells only the contents of detergent or cosmetics without packaging, you will get 2,000 won back per session, and 5,000 won if you rent an electric car or hydrogen car with a rental car.



The maximum annual payment per person is KRW 70,000.



[Kim Beop-jeong / Head of Climate and Carbon Policy Office, Ministry of Environment: How consumers spend their consumption is the basis for changing production, economy, and society at the top (I think)]



If citizens practice carbon reduction in this way, the nation A more voluntary participation will be achieved by changing the aggregation method so that overall carbon emissions are also reduced at the same time.



(Video coverage: Kim Hak-mo, video editing: Kim Byeong-jik)