(22 Apr 2024)
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Seoul, South Korea – 22 April 2024
1. Various of fashion show prepared by environmentalist group Consumer Climate Action, featuring clothes made of plastic wastes
2. SOUNDBITE (Korean) Lee Cha-kyung, Secretary General of Consumer Climate Action:
"The issue of plastic is not just about reducing waste and recycling. We wanted to remind the public of the threats of plastic waste. Because once plastic is produced it doesn’t disappear but remains as a threat to the environment and people in the form of microplastic. We are here to raise the issue of not just plastic but also microplastic and synthetic fiber."
3. Various of fashion show
STORYLINE:
A group of South Korean environmentalists held a fashion show in Seoul on Monday, featuring designs using plastic waste to mark Earth Day.
Members of Consumer Climate Action walked down the runway wearing clothes made of plastic waste in an effort to urge the public to use less plastic, and for the government to regulate plastic use and production.
Secretary General of Consumer Climate Action, Lee Cha-kyung, said the fashion show also aimed to "raise the issue of not just plastic but also microplastic and synthetic fiber."
AP video by Yong Jun Chang
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