An expressway rest area (image: Daebo Engineering & Construction Co.)
SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Geocentric Co., a chemical unit under South Korea’s SK Group, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, expressway operator Korea Expressway Corp. and bottled water brand Jeju Samdasoo to launch a campaign promoting the separate disposal of plastic bottles at expressway rest areas.
Under the terms of the agreement, the three parties will cooperate to promote the separate disposal and recycling of plastic garbage generated at expressway rest areas.
On a trial basis, a new venture that will systematically manage the collection of waste plastics at 18 expressway rest areas will be launched at the end of this month.
Unmanned collectors that enable the separation and sorting of waste PET bottles depending on the quality of recycling will be installed. Recyclable bottles will be separated and then reused as a renewable raw material.
Citizens who participate in plastic recycling will have the opportunity to win draws for various products made of recycled waste plastics.
Lina Jang (linajang@koreabizwire.com)
