SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment announced that it will publish a white paper on the Low Impact Development (LID) method that can prevent unabsorbed pools of rainwater from contaminating the water supply and help circulation of the water network in the city. In large cities, asphalt and concrete prevents rain from [...]
JEJU, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — Claiming that endangered species inhabit the site of the Bijarim Road expansion project on Jeju Island, which was suspended due to controversy over damage to a redwood forest more than two months ago, the government urged Jeju to stop construction work, investigate the situation and come up with countermeasures. [...]
BUSAN, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The policy of restricting the use of disposable cups in coffee shops has been in place since last August, but one in ten people still use disposable cups inside the stores. The Zero Waste Citizen Center conducted a survey of 239 coffee shops in Busan on the use of [...]
SEOUL, May 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s industry ministry said Tuesday it plans to build 18 hydrogen production facilities by 2022 in line with the government’s vision of utilizing the resource as the country’s main source of energy for vehicles and other daily uses. Construction for the first batch of three plants in Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, May 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Hyundai Engineering and Construction Co. has been selected to clean up pollution at a U.S. military base in Incheon, west of Seoul, the defense ministry said Friday. The environment ministry found last year that soil and groundwater inside the Camp Market in Bupyeong, Incheon, were contaminated with chemicals like [...]
CHANGNYEONG, May 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Crested ibises, an endangered bird, were reintroduced to the wild in South Korea on Wednesday, 40 years after the species went extinct on the Korean Peninsula. Forty crested ibises, which were bred in captivity at the Crested Ibis Restoration Center, were released into the wild of Upo Wetland in [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A new eco-friendly mist eliminator that can drastically reduce fine dust released by thermal power plants has been developed for commercial use, a state-run machinery research institute said Tuesday. The electrostatic mist eliminator (EME) has been tested to effectively reduce pollutants released to 0.5 milligram (mg) per one cubic [...]
DAEJEON, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Concentration levels of phytoncide in bamboo forests, while slightly lower than in cypress forests, are much higher than in pine forests, a recent study revealed. An analysis conducted by the Korea Forest Research Institute showed that the average phytoncide level in a bamboo forest in Jinju, South Gyeongsang Province [...]
SEOUL, May 20 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Total Petrochemical is under investigation for its delayed report of a massive oil mist leak at its chemical factory in Seosan, South Chungcheong Province, last week, provincial officials said Monday. The oil mist leak occurred at the company’s Daesan petrochemical complex in Seosan, 150 kilometers south of Seoul, [...]
SEOUL, May 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government reported on Wednesday that it will push to completely replace public and home standard plastic garbage bag in 25 districts with eco-friendly garbage bags by the year 2020. First of all, the city will switch from public standard plastic garbage bags to eco-friendly ones used [...]