The World Mission Society Church of God said Monday that it has signed a "business agreement to revitalize resource circulation of waste electrical and electronic products" with E-Cycle Governance.
E-Cycle Governance is Korea's only mutual aid association for recycling waste electrical and electronic products. Under the agreement, the Church of God will hand over used laptops, computers, monitors, and printers, while E-Cycle Governance will undertake the recovery of nickel, rare earths, and cobalt contained in these products. The cooperation is expected to contribute to the revitalization of "urban mining," which recovers and recycles useful resources from discarded electronics.
E-Cycle Governance will support the Church of God's socially responsible management and will later provide a certificate containing ESG (environmental, social, and governance) achievements such as greenhouse gas reductions and recycled resource output. Funds raised through resource circulation will be donated to social contribution institutions. The two organizations also agreed to cooperate on education, public relations, and campaign activities to spread a culture of resource circulation.
"By responsibly processing electronic equipment within the church through a credible resource circulation system, we will more effectively realize the value of environmental protection," said Kim Jung-rak, a director of the Church of God. Kwon Na-young, head of E-Cycle Governance's Circular Management Support Group, explained, "Recycling electronic products allows more than 90 percent of the resources in the products to be circulated again," adding, "Recycling one ton of waste electrical and electronic products has the effect of reducing approximately three tons of carbon dioxide." E-Cycle Governance has signed business agreements with some 800 institutions in Korea to spread a culture of resource circulation.
Established in some 7,800 locations across 175 countries, the Church of God carries out the "Worldwide Hope Supporters" social contribution activities. It conducts region- and country-specific volunteer work in six areas: responding to climate change, alleviating poverty and hunger, supporting education, promoting health and welfare, building a sustainable safe society, and fostering peace, inclusion, and solidarity.
