DAEJEON, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A team of South Korean scientists have developed eco-friendly filters for protective masks that are 100 percent biodegradable. The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology announced Monday that it had developed a fully biodegradable mask filter that uses polybutylene succinate (PBS), an aliphatic polyester. The institute said that the [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Netizens are stepping up to help restaurants that have shown kindness to those in need by sharing them on online communities, asking others to ‘buycott’ their food. The Kind Store Project, through which participating food vendors offer free food and convenience to children carrying welfare cards, was started by [...]
SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean cosmetics giant AmorePacific Corp. said it had developed a new paper tube for cosmetics products that ensures a long shelf-life while contributing to reducing plastic use compared to existing packaging. Excluding the cap, which is made of plastic, the new packaging reduces the use of plastics for [...]
SEOUL, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean steelmaker has developed a coated steel sheet that blocks the coronavirus. Dongkuk Steel Mill Co. announced Wednesday that it had made improvements to Luxteel Bio, South Korea’s first anti-bacteria coated steel sheet, to develop a product that can kill 99.9 percent of coronavirus agents within 30 [...]
CHUNCHEON, March 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangwon Provincial Agricultural Research and Extension Services (GWARES) said Wednesday that it will launch a trial project to distribute biodegradable mulch film to corn and sorghum farms in three areas within the province as part of efforts to reduce soil pollution caused by agricultural waste. Mulch film refers [...]
SEOUL, March 1 (Korea Bizwire) — Vowing for carbon neutrality by 2050, the steel industry is scrambling to develop hydrogen reduction iron and steel production technology. POSCO, the world’s fifth-largest steelmaker by output, recently joined hands with Hyundai Motor Group to develop steel production technology that uses hydrogen instead of coal to produce iron. The [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic bottles collected by GS25, a convenience store chain run by GS Retail Co., will be upcycled into hiking clothes designed by outdoor apparel maker Black Yak. GS Retail announced Monday that it had signed a contract with Black Yak to collaborate on a project to scrap plastic bottles and develop [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — The Gangnam District Office in Seoul said Monday that it had decided to install in-ground LED traffic lights at 101 children protection zones over the next five years, starting with the ones in the crosswalks at 32 elementary schools within the district. In-ground LED traffic lights enable pedestrians to [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Mobis Co., South Korea’s leading auto parts maker, has succeeded in developing the world’s first automotive tail lamp that can be bent like a thin film. The company said Sunday that it developed an HLED that can perform the roles of both brake light and rear light simultaneously, [...]
SINAN, Feb. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Sinan County in South Jeolla Province has attached stickers to buildings inside its county office complex to prevent wild birds from flying into glass windows. Wild birds often fail to recognize building windows as obstacles, posing as a serious risk factor. Since birds fly at a speed of 36 [...]