SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — MORE THAN, a social enterprise fostered by SK Innovation Co., a major energy and chemical company, has embarked on a project to recycle marine debris to make fashion products. Of all marine debris, fishing nets account for a fairly large share at 19 percent. These fishing nets are saturated [...]
SEOUL, April 20 (Korea Bizwire) — In the aftermath of a precipitous drop in customers due to the novel coronavirus outbreak, movie theaters are coming up with innovative ways to generate revenue. Some theaters are now allowing customers to rent the whole venue to overcome the fallout from the COVID-19 outbreak. CJ CGV, South Korea’s [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST) will develop and commercialize a technology to produce eco-friendly marine ecological blocks used to create artificial fishing banks, with oyster shells. KIOST said Thursday that it has established the Korea Marine Ecology Block, a research institute, in a joint venture [...]
SEOUL, April 10 (Korea Bizwire) — After the parliamentary elections on April 15, election promotional banners that will be discarded will be recycled into shopping bags and garbage bags. Earlier this month, the Ministry of Environment had distributed guidelines containing such information to local governments across the country to push for recycling measures. The guidelines included [...]
ANYANG, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) – The city of Anyang, south of Seoul, announced Tuesday that ‘happy boxes’ were sent out to seniors staying at home for an extended period of time after welfare centers and other facilities for seniors were shut down due to the coronavirus. The happy boxes consist of various kits needed [...]
SEOUL, April 8 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers has developed stickers that could inform consumers whether refrigerated food products such as fish, meat and fruits are likely to spoil or not. The Korea Research Institute of Chemical Technology (KRICT) said Tuesday it has developed a technology that can check whether food products have deteriorated [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea East-West Power Co. (EWP), a wholly owned subsidiary of state-run utility Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), said Monday it will use trees damaged by a massive forest fire in Gangwon Province last year as eco-friendly fuel. A few days ago, EWP reached an agreement with the National Forestry [...]
SEOUL, April 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. has introduced new eco-friendly packaging for its lifestyle TVs such as The Frame, The Serif, and The Sero. Samsung’s new ‘eco-packaging’ made from eco-friendly corrugated cardboard will allow customers easier recycling as well as up-cycling of the cardboard boxes for creative reuse, according to the company [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — A local company is introducing new policies to promote social distancing. GS Home Shopping, a major South Korean home shopping operator, announced Thursday that it had started a ‘company dinner at home’ program to help local restaurants struggling in the aftermath of the coronavirus outbreak, while ensuring a safe [...]
BUSAN, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — In order to shorten the time spent collecting samples for COVID-19 testing, rapid walk-through booths are entering use. The Nam-gu Public Health Center in the southeastern port city of Busan and the manufacturer of an airtight box, Korea Kiyon Co., said Tuesday that they had developed and are testing [...]