SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has postponed the launch of a disposable cup deposit system by six months to December in the face of opposition from business owners and the conservative ruling party. The environment ministry had planned to implement the new policy on June 10, mandating consumers to pay a 300 [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — A new disposable cup deposit system will enter effect for coffee shops, bakeries and fast food outlets across the country at the beginning of June. Nonetheless, controversy remains unabated. At present, many businesses subject to the new deposit program are concerned about how to prepare for the rollout. Thanks [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Consumers will have to pay a deposit of 300 won (US$0.25) when they buy a drink in a disposable cup at a large cafe or fast-food outlet starting in June, government officials said Thursday. The environment ministry said it will make a preannouncement of the measure aimed at reducing [...]
SEOUL, May 21 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea is set to introduce deposits for disposable cups at coffee shops and fast food outlets, starting 2022, in its latest efforts to cut carbon emissions. Under a set of bills approved during the final session of the parliament’s 20th term Wednesday, businesses will factor in the deposits [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A public campaign is being held to encourage coffee drinkers to use tumblers rather than disposable cups this summer. The Ministry of Environment, jointly with the Seoul Metropolitan Government and the Korea Zero Waste Movement Network, held a special event on Tuesday at Seoul’s Cheonggye Square to reduce the [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – South Korean environment authorities are set to announce a set of comprehensive measures designed to reduce the use of disposables next month, including the reintroduction of disposable coffee cup charges. The Ministry of Environment said on Thursday it was finalizing a draft for comprehensive countermeasures to curb the use of [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) – Starting in 2017, all sales of beverages in disposable cups will be banned from baseball stadiums in Korea. The Ministry of Environment and the Korea Baseball Organization (KBO) will sign an agreement called ‘Recycling of Resources to Establish Clean Baseball Stadiums’, and will be promoting the effort in order [...]