SEOUL, Dec. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern resort island of Jeju, increasingly affected by a surge in garbage caused by a drastic rise in the number of visitors and rapidly growing population, is stepping up to reduce plastic waste. The Small Enterprise and Market Service reported that as of April 2019, Jeju Province had [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — Cafes and restaurants will be banned from using disposable products at stores starting next year to reduce plastic waste spiking amid the pandemic, the environment ministry said Friday. The ministry has recently put up an administrative notice that a revised law prohibiting the use of disposable items, such as [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — A study conducted by an environmental organization revealed that 78 percent of plastic waste generated in Korean households is used for food packaging. Greenpeace Korea released its 2021 Plastic Survey on Wednesday, based on data from 841 households (2,671 people) across South Korea. Participants made records of the manufacturer, [...]
SEOUL, July 9 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Global Chemical Co., an affiliate of South Korea’s top refiner SK Innovation Co., is building an anode material plant, where plastic waste will be recycled into new materials. The company signed a memorandum of understanding with the city of Ulsan on Thursday. By 2025, SK Global Chemical plans [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Surging demand for prepared food following the coronavirus outbreak have resulted in a booming home meal replacement (HMR) market. The popularity of meal kits, in particular, has soared. Meal kits come with all the ingredients needed for cooking, allowing customers to easily cook even the most difficult cuisines by [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to reduce its plastic waste by 20 percent by 2025 by scaling down the output of plastic products and increasing the recycling rate, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. Under the ambitious environmental policy goal approved in an interagency policy coordination meeting, the nation also aims [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 18 (Korea Bizwire) — Lotte Chemical Corp., a major South Korean petrochemical company, said Thursday that eco-friendly products made with plastic bottles such as bags and running shoes have been introduced at Project LOOP, a campaign for a virtuous circle of plastic waste. Project LOOP aims to minimize environmental damage and fulfill the [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean chemicals maker SKC Co. is set to launch the nation’s largest plastic waste pyrolysis oil project. The company recently signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) with the Ulsan city government to jointly carry out an eco-friendly chemical recycling project that aims to make industrial pyrolysis oil with [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — A growing number of South Koreans are becoming concerned over environmental damage caused by the use of plastic and disposable products as food delivery is replacing dining out following the coronavirus outbreak. The Ministry of Environment reported a 11.2 percent (5,349 tons) increase in everyday waste over the first [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — From the millions of plastic gloves voters wore during South Korea’s general elections to the face masks that have emerged as a daily essential, the new coronavirus has been accompanied by another plight: plastic waste. South Korea was already one of the world’s biggest plastic-consuming countries per capita before [...]