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Busan Metropolitan City Opens the 2025 “Citizen Goodbye Sharing Market”

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Busan Metropolitan City announced that the Citizen Sharing Market—widely acclaimed as a platform for practicing environmental protection for future generations—will hold its final opening of the year.

The city, led by Mayor Park Heong-joon, stated that the 2025 “Citizen Goodbye Sharing Market” will take place tomorrow (Nov. 22) from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. at the Sunken Plaza in Song Sang-hyeon Square.

The Citizen Sharing Market was first launched in 2003 to prevent resource waste and protect the environment through the reuse of goods.
Since then, as more families have continued to take part and the event has gained strong public support, the market has been held on the third Saturday of every month since 2019 to offer more opportunities for citizens to participate in sharing.

At this Goodbye Citizen Sharing Market, pre-registered citizens, social enterprises, and nonprofit organizations will sell reusable household items such as clothing, bags, and books. In addition, a waste battery and paper carton exchange program will be held to promote proper waste separation habits in daily life.

A separate children’s market will also be operated, allowing young participants—who represent future generations—to take part directly. The event will further include a variety of educational and experiential programs.

This event marks the conclusion of the Citizen Sharing Market for the year.
A total of six markets were held through October, with participation from 507 individual and organizational teams and 15,300 citizens. A total of 16,694 items were sold and reused.

In the evening markets held in July and August, busking performances and puppet shows were offered, creating a friendly and welcoming atmosphere for families and visitors.

In addition, participants voluntarily donated 1.8 million won of sales proceeds, which will be delivered to 35 senior households living alone and grandparent-led households in need, helping spread the values of resource circulation and sharing.

Lee Byeong-seok, Director-General of Environmental Water Policy, stated,
“As we mark the 23rd anniversary of the Citizen Sharing Market this year, district-level markets are also being operated so that the event can grow into a sharing market that reflects the characteristics of each community. We will continue our efforts to ensure that citizens can more closely experience the joy of reuse and the happiness of sharing, just as we did with this summer’s evening markets.”