SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — Large discount stores saw the use of plastic bags decline sharply after they removed ‘inner plastic bags’ that are used to re-pack items that are already packaged, the environment ministry said Wednesday. The ministry signed an agreement with the nation’s five major discount store chains to restrict the use [...]
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 [...]
DAEJEON, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean researchers have developed new technology that transforms plastic bags into high-quality industrial oil. A research team from the Korea Institute of Energy Research announced Sunday that they had developed a new technology that can produce more oil from plastic bags by maintaining a certain temperature for an [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 9 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s major convenience store chain CU said Tuesday that all of its stores across the country will stop using plastic bags and start using eco-friendly bags, a first among the nation’s convenience store chains. CU will use environmentally-friendly paper bags certified by the Ministry of Environment and made [...]
PYEONGCHANG, Sept. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — A village in Gangwon Province is drawing attention by launching a “shared shopping basket” campaign aimed at protecting the environment from micro-plastic problems and reducing the use of plastic bags to create a healthy environment. The movement, which will be joined by the National Agricultural Cooperative Federation (NACF) Daehwa [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Since the beginning of this year, disposable plastic bags have been banned at large retailers. As the crackdown began this month, “green” alternative products such as reusable shopping bags and tarpaulin bags are gaining popularity. Gmarket, an online shopping site run by eBay Korea, said on Wednesday that sales [...]
SEOUL, Apr. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — Starting Monday, all malls, department stores, and shopping malls in South Korea have been banned from using disposable plastic bags. Kim, a resident of Seoul’s Mapo District, was shopping for noodles and bananas at a nearby mall before being stopped by an employee when she went to pay for [...]