[ Leave No Trace ] Campaign to Reduce Ramen Soup in Hallasan Mountain, Jeju Island [ LNT ]

Recently, it has become popular in Korea to eat cup noodles and leave photos on social media at Uiseoreum near the top of Hallasan Mountain on Jeju Island.

However, there is so much leftover ramen soup that it is suffering from exceeding the allowable capacity of the food processor installed in Hallasan National Park, and eventually, the national park began a campaign to "라면 국물 남기지 않기 운동 (not leave ramen soup)."


One of the Uiseoreum of Jeju Island

In addition, the Hallasan National Park Management Office is campaigning to reduce the amount of soup itself by promoting "Half Soup base + Half Water" to reduce the amount of soup itself and to control the food waste left over in advance. These campaigns are related to the worldwide conservation movement.


Do you know about Leave No Trace?

Leave No Trace is a conservation movement by the LNT Center, a non-profit organization that started in 1994 in the United States. This conservation movement encourages humans to set and follow various guidelines to prevent damage to nature, especially when visiting mountains.

The seven principles of lnt are as follows. / Source: Wikipedia

1. Plan Ahead and Prepare
2. Travel and Camp on Durable Surfaces
3. Dispose of Waste Properly
4. Leave What You Find
5. Minimize Campfire Impacts
6. Respect Wildlife
7. Be Considerate of Other Visitors

The LNT movement is widely known as the basic principle of mountaineers, but it has also been criticized by many environmentalists. 

You can visit the following page to refer to the current activities of this organization.



I think the most efficient way is to start this campaign where this trend began. In my opinion, it is to induce people to take a proof shot of eating ramen and not leaving any food waste at Hallasan Mountain on Jeju Island and post it on social media. If famous celebrities or influencer participate, the effect will be better. 



* Additional matters

 Ramen is a very popular food here in Korea. The origin of instant ramen is chicken ramen made by Nissin Food, a Japanese company. The cup noodles I'm going to talk about today were also developed for the first time in Japan.

In Korea, Samyang Foods launched its first instant ramen, Samyang Ramen, in 1963, and its consumption has increased tremendously as it has become so popular worldwide.

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