SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that a majority of consumers who use disposable wet tissues for cleaning and sanitization purposes are not aware that wet tissues are made of plastic. Consumers Korea, a consumer advocacy group here, conducted a survey of 636 consumers over 20 years of age to determine [...]
SEOUL, July 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Despite the decrease in greenhouse gas emissions resulting from the outbreak of the coronavirus, the density of carbon dioxide (CO2) in the atmosphere above the Korean Peninsula has exceeded its previous high. According to a report released on Thursday by the Korea Meteorological Administration (KMA), the density of carbon [...]
SEOUL, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean energy solutions company, will participate in a government project in tandem with Lotte Chemical Corp., a major petrochemical firm, to cut carbon emissions by recycling the waste heat at one of its plants. Hanwha Solutions announced that it will create 1 million tons [...]
SEOUL, June 25 (Korea Bizwire) — A group of South Korean researchers on Friday announced a method to produce environment-friendly fuels utilizing remains of high-fat infects, which is expected to lend support to the country’s efforts to go carbon neutral by 2050. “Black soldier flies have great potential to be used to produce biodiesel, considering [...]
SEOUL, June 9 (Korea Bizwire) — The more a country is economically developed, the more the happiness of citizens is dependent on urban green spaces rather than economic growth, research showed Tuesday. A joint research team from the Institute for Basic Science and the Pohang University of Science and Technology analyzed satellite data on urban [...]
SEOUL, June 8 (Korea Bizwire) — Greenhouse gas emissions fell by 7.3 percent last year from 2019, the first time there has been a decrease for two consecutive years, the environment ministry said Tuesday. The ministry’s Greenhouse Gas Inventory and Research Center said total emissions last year are estimated at 648.6 million tons, down 7.3 [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than two out of 10 cosmetic containers distributed in South Korea are recyclable, an environmental group said Saturday, urging cosmetics companies to raise the recycling rate of their cosmetic packaging. The group, which calls itself “Cosmetic Attack Citizens Action,” said it examined 6,617 brand-name cosmetic containers, and only [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Starbucks Korea said Wednesday that it plans to discontinue the use of disposable cups at four of its stores on the southern resort island of Jeju from next month. On Wednesday, the local unit of the U.S. coffee giant signed a pilot program cooperation agreement with the Ministry of [...]
SEOUL, June 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Korea Electric Power Corp. (KEPCO), South Korea’s state-run utility, said Wednesday that it will launch a new renewable energy transaction service through its energy marketplace EN:TER. The new renewable energy transaction service consists of the ‘My Power Plant Service’ and the ‘Green Premium Bidding Service.’ The My Power Plant [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — New regulations aimed at promoting resource circulation and plastic recycling should see the approval of recycled transparent PET bottle use in food product packaging from next year at the earliest. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the Ministry of Environment jointly announced plans to amend regulations [...]