SEOUL, June 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Geocentric Co., a chemical unit under South Korea’s SK Group, announced that it had signed an agreement with the Ministry of Environment, expressway operator Korea Expressway Corp. and bottled water brand Jeju Samdasoo to launch a campaign promoting the separate disposal of plastic bottles at expressway rest areas. [...]
POHANG, June 24 (Korea Bizwire) — A variety of garbage, including plastic bottles and wood pieces are commonly found on beaches in the southeastern city of Pohang. Most of the plastic bottles that wash up on the beach are domestically-made ones for water, beverages, detergent or soju. However, several tens of water and beverage bottles [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the introduction of a new policy that obliges citizens to throw away colorless, transparent plastic bottles only after removing all non-plastic materials from them, a recent study showed that citizens are most frustrated with the label removal process. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall quality of clothes made by recycling plastic bottles is generally good and there are no safety concerns, a consumer watchdog said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency tested the durability and safety of five recycled polyester garments produced by local sports brands that are now selling in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As plastic waste continues to pose a greater threat to the environment, policy makers are rushing to come up with varied ideas to tackle the problem. And the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province has recently joined the growing ranks of local authorities installing recycling machines where you [...]
SEOUL, May 31 (Korea Bizwire) — New regulations aimed at promoting resource circulation and plastic recycling should see the approval of recycled transparent PET bottle use in food product packaging from next year at the earliest. The Ministry of Food and Drug Safety (MFDS) and the Ministry of Environment jointly announced plans to amend regulations [...]
SEOUL, April 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The fashion industry is releasing a series of recycled, eco-friendly handbags and apparel. Products made with recycled plastic bottles, in particular, are gaining attention. Beanpole Accessory, the fashion arm of Samsung C&T Corp., recently released the Walnut Knit Bucket Bag made of recycled plastic bottles. Black Yak has begun [...]
SEOUL, March 16 (Korea Bizwire) — The government is stepping up to distribute uniforms recycled from plastic bottles to the military and the police. The Ministry of Environment hosted a ceremony in Seoul on Monday where the Ministry of Defense, the National Police Agency, and the Korea Federation of Textile Industries bought technical wear made [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 23 (Korea Bizwire) — Plastic bottles collected by GS25, a convenience store chain run by GS Retail Co., will be upcycled into hiking clothes designed by outdoor apparel maker Black Yak. GS Retail announced Monday that it had signed a contract with Black Yak to collaborate on a project to scrap plastic bottles and develop [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s southeastern Songpa district said Thursday it will collect and sort cans and plastic bottles automatically using artificial intelligence (AI)-based resource circulation and collection robots. The district office will install a couple of such robots within its district. The AI-based robots will automatically sort, compress and store cans and [...]