SEOUL, May 26 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean food companies are speeding up their efforts to develop eco-friendly tech and products aimed at reducing the use of plastic materials or creating biodegradable plastic. Dongwon F&B Co. reduced the weight of the 500-milliliter and 2-liter bottles used for Dongwon Mineral Water by 15.7 percent and 9.4 [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — A majority of South Koreans in their 20s and 30s are interested in buying eco-friendly travel packages even if they are more costly. Accommodation booking app Good Choice conducted a survey of 700 customers in their 20s and 30s, 45.3 percent of whom were willing to purchase eco-friendly packages even [...]
SEOUL, March 21 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced plans to replace airport ground vehicles with eco-friendly ones. The Ministry of Land, Infrastructure and Transport said Sunday it posted a notice to outsource a study on the introduction of eco-friendly airport ground vehicles. At present, diesel special vehicles are used for most airport ground [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — For the very first time, Hyundai Motor Co. and its affiliate Kia Corp. sold more than 100,000 eco-friendly SUVs this year, driven by the success of hybrid models. The two automakers sold a total of 119,054 hybrid, electric and hydrogen-powered SUVs in South Korea from January to November of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — The members of K-pop supergroup BTS wore garments from a Korean eco-friendly fashion brand during their recent video performance at the UN headquarters. The septet wore suits by RE;CODE, an eco-friendly fashion brand run by South Korean company Kolon Industries FnC when they gave a speech at the opening of the Sustainable [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — With global governments and companies taking full steps to achieve carbon neutral goals, South Korean airlines are also speeding up their eco-friendly drive. Top flag carrier Korean Air Lines Co. plans to introduce next-generation eco-friendly Boeing B787-9 jets. At present, the company operates a total of ten B787-9 aircraft. [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean petrochemical company DL Chemical Co. announced on Wednesday that it is carrying out field tests for industrial packaging bags containing more than 35 percent of recycled raw materials. The company said that by making use of next-generation metallocene polyethylene developed last year in the production of industrial [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Co., a petrochemical unit of Lotte Group, said Monday that it had developed an eco-friendly packaging material by recycling waste plastic, and had started making use of it for the packaging of its products. The company developed post-consumer recycled polyethylene (PCR-PE) by collecting waste packaging materials made [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. said Wednesday it plans to switch all of its company cars to environment friendly vehicles by 2030, joining South Korea’s efforts to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases largely responsible for global warming. The South Korean tech giant vowed to replace around 800 corporate fleet cars, including [...]
SEOUL, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul Metropolitan Government announced on Monday that it will add 10 more eco-friendly nursery schools this year. Eco-friendly nursery schools refers to daycare centers that prioritize outdoor activities over indoor activities, while placing more focus on nature experience and play activities. Children can cultivate their own vegetable gardens and [...]