A. Mart promotes green action, creating 166 metric tons of carbon reduction benefits from 2024 onwards

        A. Since 2012, Mart has been implementing a Happy Go point feedback mechanism to encourage the public to recycle batteries, mobile phones, and CDs, promoting environmental protection in their daily lives. They have also introduced ECOCO Recycling Ark, Formosa Plastics Biomedical Laundry Essence Smart Supplement Station, BUNNET Mobile Phone Recycling Machine, and more year by year. In 2024, Far Eastern New Century Corporation's rPET recycled trays will be fully adopted, and a "Tray Alliance" will be established to set up intelligent recycling machines for fresh trays in each branch. Recyclable recycled material trays will be used for fresh meat products, demonstrating the determination and attitude of deep cultivation of sustainability through repeated sustainable actions.

        A. Since 2024, Mart has established the ECOCO Cycle Ark in Sanchong store and introduced recycling machines in Nanya store to recycle PET bottles, milk bottles, aluminum cans, and various batteries. According to data statistics, the cumulative carbon reduction benefit is as high as 108719.1 kilograms of CO ₂ (equivalent to 1087191 metric tons). In March of the same year, A.Mart introduced rPET fresh food trays developed and produced by Far Eastern New Century Corporation, which can reduce carbon emissions by about 51% per ton. As of now, 29 tons have been used cumulatively, with a carbon reduction benefit of 52529.904 kilograms of CO ₂ (equivalent to 52.529904 tons). In addition, fresh food tray recycling machines were set up in all branches across Taiwan in September. Currently, over 40000 trays have been successfully recycled, and it is expected that the recycling volume will grow by about 60% in the next year. The recycled trays will be handed over to professional manufacturers to be converted into recycled plastic, achieving the vision of dual carbon reduction from source manufacturing to recycling and reuse.

        In addition, A.Mart's laundry detergent smart supplement station, in collaboration with Formosa Plastics Biomedical, encourages people to purchase laundry detergent with a capacity of only NTD 40 per liter in their own containers. This not only reduces the use of disposable plastic bottles and refill packs, but also saves money. Even though it is currently only set up in some branches, it has created a carbon reduction benefit of 4922.64 kilograms of CO ₂ since 2024 (equivalent to 4.922 metric tons), demonstrating consumers' active response to carbon reduction actions and increased environmental awareness. According to statistics, since 2024, A.Mart has reduced carbon emissions by a total of 166 metric tons, which is equivalent to approximately 20.21 million charges for a typical mobile phone. (According to the US Environmental Protection Agency, the values of various brands of smartphones may vary slightly based on the carbon emission standard of 8.22g per unit.)

        Not only that, in December 2024, A.Mart's bulk seller partnered with BUNNET's mobile phone recycling machine to set up a demonstration recycling point ahead of the Nanya store. Any old machine of a designated model that is recycled from this machine will receive a tree planting fund from BUNNET to plant hopeful saplings for the earth. In August of this year, A.Mart's mass-produced products further imported machines into Sanchong stores, expanding the range of recycled models from the original iPhone to designated Samsung and Pixel models, allowing more consumers to participate in carbon reduction actions. As the amount of recycling increases, the tree planting fund and cumulative planting number will continue to grow, and the overall carbon reduction benefits will also steadily improve.

        Through diverse recycling mechanisms such as PET bottles, batteries, trays, and mobile phones, A.Mart not only connects consumers' daily lives, but also gradually shapes a green culture of "valuing environmental actions". In the future, we will continue to work with customers to promote more carbon reduction and recycling plans, and create an environmentally friendly and sustainable living environment for the next generation.

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