Major distributors under repackaging warning deny environmental group`s `irrational` claim
(WorldNews South Korea)

Members of environmental groups perform a skit in front of Emart in Seoul`s Seongdong-gu District, July 2, demanding the store immediately introduce a ban on product repackaging. Yonhap By Ko Dong-hwan Two major retail chains in Korea have denied an environmental group`s claim they `hid behind an association of their likes to avoid` a questionnaire the group sent them regarding the country`s drive to ban repackaging to reduce packaging material waste. Responses from Emart and Homeplus came after the Korea Federation for Environmental Movements (KFEM) said on July 22 that three major retail chains ― Lotte Mart, Emart and Homeplus ― did not directly respond to the questionnaire, but instead...