Apple orchards face difficulties as reflective film accumulates dust everywhere, despite nationwide treatment efforts.

◆Gyeongbuk Cheongsong On the 25th, when the rain that heralded winter fell, members of the Cheongsong County Federation of Successor Farmers in Cheongsong County were seen bustling in a busy manner, wearing blue vests in a Cheongsong-eup Gumgokri apple orchard. The members gathered for the 'Back to the Rural' Clean Village campaign, and despite the inclement weather with drizzling rain, they continued their work silently, collecting leftover reflective films and various farming materials to improve the rural environment. In Cheongsong, a leading apple-producing area in Korea, reflective films are one of the main farming materials. They help deliver sunlight evenly to produce tastier apples, but if not collected in time, they can be blown away by strong winds, littering the surroundings and adversely affecting the rural environment. "Reflective films can fly everywhere when the wind is strong. They can get caught on power lines, leading to accidents. The county provides ...