SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to ban the free distribution of disposable plastic cups and phase out large paper cups at major cafés as part of a sweeping anti-plastic initiative set to be unveiled next week. The Climate and Environment Ministry said on Wednesday that its forthcoming “Comprehensive Anti-Plastic Strategy,” to be [...]
SEOUL, March 23 (Korea Bizwire) — South Koreans are using more plastic containers in the post-pandemic era than before, a report shows Wednesday. A joint research team from Greenpeace and Chungnam National University reported the production of 11,932,000 tons of plastic waste in 2021, up by 49.5 percent from 2017. The daily creation of “other [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 6 (Korea Bizwire) – A recent study has revealed that South Koreans use 3.3 billion plastic cups each year, enough to stack high enough to reach the moon. According to a Greenpeace report released on Saturday, South Korea used 23.5 billion plastic bags (469,000 tons), 4.9 billion plastic bottles (71,400 tons), and 3.3 [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — With the Seoul Metropolitan Government beginning a crackdown on the use of disposable cups at coffee shops in the city, there were still a few outlets that offered plastic cups to their customers, although an official inspection by the city government concluded otherwise. When six coffee shops in Jongno-gu [...]