SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — The government announced new comprehensive measures yesterday that would drastically reduce the amount of waste generated in the process of product production, distribution, consumption, collection of waste, and recycling. In order to prevent the repeat of the crisis surrounding recycled goods that occurred early last month, the government has [...]
SEJONG, May 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The distribution of chemical substances produced both domestically and abroad will be regulated by the government by assigning serial numbers to each substance. The Ministry of Environment stated on Tuesday that it was giving advance legislation notice on May 5 for the bill’s planned revision reflecting the new Chemical [...]
SEOUL, April 3 (Korea Bizwire) — New changes to recycling rules at apartment complexes in Seoul and the surrounding areas have left some residents perplexed. A number of recycling companies introduced stricter recycling rules this month, requiring people to clean food packages and refusing to accept polystyrene following price drops for recycled material in China. The [...]
DAEJEON, March 6 (Korea Bizwire) — The creation and utilization of a “chemical substance hazard risk map” by a Ministry of Environment regional office has led to a steep downturn in accidents. According to the Geum River Basin Environmental Office, eight chemical accidents occurred last year, 46.7 percent less than the 15 cases in both [...]
SEJONG, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) – In advance of environmental safety standards beginning to be enforced on select young children’s facilities starting this year, the Ministry of Environment launched a 9-month environmental safety inspection last April and found that 25.2 percent – 1,170 of the 4,639 facilities inspected – possessed excessive hazardous substance concentrations. The facilities inspected [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The South Korean government is tightening standards for electric car subsidies, with stringent guidelines based on battery life and environment-friendliness entering effect this year. Changes are coming to the electric car market, as the Ministry of Environment said on Wednesday that electric car buyers will receive different government subsidies depending [...]
SEJONG, Jan. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The government will cut down on night shifts and introduce new safety standards to ensure the safety of street cleaners following a series of accidents. The Ministry of Environment announced during a cabinet meeting on Tuesday that it will work with a number of government branches including the interior, labor [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Korea Bizwire) – The opinions of civilians will play a direct role in deciding the greenhouse gas emissions policy of South Korea going forward, the Ministry of Environment revealed on January 1. Following the government’s decision last December to restructure the systems in place to deal with climate change, chief oversight of [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment’s resource recycling program, which began in 2014 to pressure industrial operations that dispose of large amounts of waste, has proven more effective than expected. According to data released by the Ministry of Environment Tuesday, many of the companies that are on board with the trial resource [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 18 (Korea Bizwire) – The Ministry of Environment and the Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute are set to invest over 1 billion dollars over the next seven years with an underground environmental pollution management project passing a preliminary feasibility study. According to the environment ministry on Thursday, the new initiative that will [...]