SEOUL, Nov. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — An environmental regulation banning plastic bags in large retail stores will be expanded to convenience stores starting this week while the use of disposable cups, cutlery and other items will be prohibited at restaurants and cafeterias, officials said Wednesday. The ban on plastic bags, currently applicable to stores with [...]
SEOUL, July 18 (Korea Bizwire) — The surge in demand for delivery food in the aftermath of the pandemic has led to a surge in imports and the production of disposable spoons, forks, and knives. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety reported that the supply of disposable forks jumped from 1,501 tons in 2019 [...]
SEOUL, April 1 (Korea Bizwire) — The use of disposable items, such as single-use plastic cups and cutlery, is prohibited inside cafes and restaurants under a new environmental regulation that went into force Friday. It marks a reinstatement of the environmental ministry’s anti-disposable law that first went into effect in 2018. Its enforcement was temporarily [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cafes and restaurants will be banned from using disposable products at stores starting next year to reduce plastic waste spiking amid the pandemic, the environment ministry said Friday. The ministry has recently put up an administrative notice that a revised law prohibiting the use of disposable items, such as [...]
SEOUL, May 5 (Korea Bizwire) — With South Korea’s retail industry actively promoting eco-friendly policies, the number of local consumers who are attempting to reduce the use of disposable items is also on the rise. For the January to April period of this year, the hypermarket chain Lotte Mart saw sales of single-use cups and [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The environment ministry said Monday it has revised a set of laws to limit the use of plastic and other disposable items as the country grapples with soaring waste amid the coronavirus pandemic. The revisions, which will be subject to a public review from Tuesday until March 29, include [...]
SEOUL, May 4 (Korea Bizwire) — Bae Min-ji’s ordinary day begins by boiling tap water to drink. The 29-year-old takes a shower using just a single bar of soap and brushes her teeth with a powdered toothpaste. With a tumbler, small cloth bags, a spoon and chopsticks, she is ready to leave the house and [...]