Ppodeuk, Participates in the 'Seoul-si Reusable Cup System Establishment Project'

Dish rental and cleaning service startup Ppodeuk announced on the 26th that it will be responsible for cleaning and resupplying reusable cups in the ‘Seoul Metropolitan City Reusable Cup System Establishment Project.’ This is a large-scale project involving the installation of more than 800 unmanned reusable cup collection machines.

The Seoul Metropolitan City Reusable Cup System Establishment Project aims to replace disposable cups used in cafes, restaurants, university areas, theaters, and stations within Seoul with reusable cups. The project area will start around City Hall, Gwanghwamun, and Myeongdong and gradually expand mainly to busy commercial districts.

The operation process of the Seoul Metropolitan City Reusable Cup System Establishment Project is simple. Customers pay a deposit of 1,000 won when purchasing a beverage and use the cup. Then, when they return the cup to unmanned return machines installed in cafes and government offices, the deposit is refunded.

In this process, Ppodeuk is responsible for cleaning and resupplying the collected reusable cups. Most notably, Ppodeuk Eco applies a 7-step cleaning process to the reusable cups to maintain a high level of hygiene. According to Ppodeuk, ATP (bacterial contamination) test results showed that reusable cups cleaned with Ppodeuk Eco’s 7-step cleaning process had a cleaner hygiene level than disposable cups on the market.

Ppodeuk has recently been participating in local governments’ eco-friendly projects one after another. Previously, Ppodeuk participated in ▲Cheongju City, Chungbuk’s ‘Activation of Reusable Cup Use in Cinemas’ ▲Incheon City’s ‘Incheon e-Eum Cup Pilot Operation’ ▲Incheon City’s ‘Incheon-type Reusable Cup Circulation System,’ among others. In particular, Incheon City achieved a reduction of about 17,000 disposable cups over four months through the reusable cup pilot project ‘Incheon e-Eum Cup.’

A Ppodeuk official said, “We want many citizens to easily use clean reusable cups in their daily lives and naturally create a culture that realizes eco-friendliness.”

Meanwhile, Ppodeuk is a startup that owns the largest cleaning hub in Asia. It holds patented detergents and advanced cleaning technologies. Applying hygiene standards at the level of food safety hygiene (HACCP), the company spares no effort to provide safe services, including receiving regular monthly certifications from the global hygiene certification body NSF.

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