'K-Pop 4 Planet' return boxes of discarded CDs and plastic fan merch to idol companies to raise environmental awareness
Source: Seoul Economy via Naver
1. [+1,628, -130] With their logic, why not go after photocards too? Just have fans download the photos as files from the web.
2. [+510, -37] Eco-friendly marketing can be more profitable for businesses in the long term. At the current rate of consumption in the music industry, it's probably better for companies to just focus on digital releases. We all have a responsibility to our society.
3. [+555, -182] People who truly care about these things wouldn't even bother with being fangirls
4. [+274, -41] It's a good thing to care about the environment but human nature desires physical material goods and it's wrong to treat people who desire those things as bad
5. [+193, -38] This is a good article
6. [+47, -1] Fan merch itself is just trash, no?
7. [+48, -3] I bet these are the same people who go home to order take-out full of plastic packaging
8. [+44, -3] Let's think this through for a second. Just because you don't physically see something doesn't make it eco-friendly. Where do you think internet data is stored? Where does it come from? There is nothing that is truly eco-friendly in this world. Simply doing nothing is the most eco-friendly option.
9. [+37, -3] The problem with CDs is a big issue, though. When you go around college towns with lots of Chinese students studying abroad, you'll find hundreds of idol CDs just piled around because they just pick out the photocards and discard the rest. Outside of thrift stores, you'll find dozens of boxes full of CDs that fans have either thrown away or donated. At least big names like BTS will have a chance of being re-sold but minor names will probably never be re-sold again. It's a huge problem that fans are being forced to buy hundreds of thousands of CDs a year just to get into fan signings or for photocards.
10. [+23, -4] I completely agree with this article. My daughter is a fangirl so I've come to notice how she's constantly buying the same albums just to get different versions of the photocards that come with it. As if buying one CD isn't enough, it really burns a hole in me to see her buy versions of the same thing. Entertainment companies are responsible for basically stealing money from these kids with these antics. Who even listens to actual CDs anymore? I really want to start a petition about this on the Blue House board.
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