SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The city of Donghae in Gangwon Province is stepping up to address climate change by commercializing salinity gradient energy. Salinity gradient power generates electricity using the difference in salt concentration between fresh water from a sewage treatment plant and saltwater from a nearby ocean. It is capable of ultra-long-life [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The mushroom medium that is dumped after harvesting mushrooms can be recycled as a bedding material for barn floors, a local research institute said Thursday. The medium refers to the culture soil used for growing mushrooms, which mainly consists of sawdust. Typically, after harvesting mushrooms, the medium is disposed [...]
JEJU, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The provincial government of Jeju Island has outlined a plan to gradually replace plastic parcel packages with reusable materials in order to minimize plastic usage. The provincial office on Wednesday announced its target of reducing plastic usage by 50 percent by 2040 while increasing the recycling rate to 100 percent. [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District announced on Wednesday the establishment of a collaborative network between the public and private sectors, marking the country’s first cork recycling project in its pursuit of zero carbon emissions. The district entered into an agreement with S-Build, a sports facility construction company specializing in cork recycling [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Motor Co. has partnered with relevant authorities to promote carbon reduction and respond to climate change through the restoration of marine ecosystems. The carmaker said Wednesday it has signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries and the Korea Fisheries Resources Agency to [...]
CHEONGJU, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Amid a recent surge of “bee disappearances” across the country, North Chungcheong Province is accelerating a project aimed at creating pollinator-friendly forests that it has actively promoted since 2018. Pollinator-attracting plants, which provide food for bees, are considered one solution to the bee disappearance crisis. Establishing pollinator forests is [...]
BOEUN, May 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The Songnisan (Mount Songni) Office of the National Park Service in South Korea is launching a major operation to eliminate largemouth bass from a reservoir in the park, as the non-native fish species has displaced native fish and the population is rapidly flourishing. The park has been trying to [...]
SEOUL, May 6 (Korea Bizwire) —On the eve of Children’s Day, the Yongsan Children’s Garden, built on the site of the former Yongsan U.S. military base, opened its gates to the public for the first time in over 120 years. However, despite the excitement surrounding the opening, opposition parties and environmental groups have raised serious [...]
JEJU, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Discussions are currently underway on the southern resort island of Jeju to expand the profit-sharing system that is currently in effect for wind power generation to include solar power generation as well. The Jeju provincial government on Thursday held a panel discussion with experts to exchange views on the [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The government and local firms have come together to establish a recycling system that will enable the creation of new products using recycled materials obtained from scrapped electronic devices. The Ministry of Environment on Wednesday signed an agreement with Samsung Electronics, LG Electronics, other manufacturers, recycling companies, and non-profit [...]