JEJU, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) – The provincial government of Jeju Island has outlined a plan to gradually replace plastic parcel packages with reusable materials in order to minimize plastic usage. The provincial office on Wednesday announced its target of reducing plastic usage by 50 percent by 2040 while increasing the recycling rate to 100 percent. [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 25 (Korea Bizwire) — Inflatable cheering sticks and plastic blankets will be banned from use at sports facilities, following the prohibition of cheering equipment made with synthetic resins. The Ministry of Environment posted the new guidelines on its official website, explaining the new enforcement rules of the resource recycling act taking effect on [...]
BUSAN, July 1 (Korea Bizwire) — More than 8 in 10 sea turtles living on the coast of South Korea have consumed plastic, a study showed Thursday. A research team from the Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology, jointly with the National Marine Biodiversity Institute of Korea and the National Institute of Ecology, conducted [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The environment ministry said Thursday it has forged agreements with water bottling companies across the country to supply label-free water products to local government offices and transportation service providers. The deals call on nationwide water companies to provide label-free water products to six metropolitan city government offices and 22 [...]
SEOUL, Sept. 1 (Korea Bizwire) — An international environmental group gave a low score to the South Korean food industry’s efforts in dealing with plastic. The Seoul branch of Greenpeace published a report on Tuesday that analyzed the efforts of the country’s five major food companies — CJ Cheiljedang Corp., Lotte Chilsung Beverage Co., Ottogi [...]
SEOUL, July 7 (Korea Bizwire) — A recent study revealed that a majority of consumers who use disposable wet tissues for cleaning and sanitization purposes are not aware that wet tissues are made of plastic. Consumers Korea, a consumer advocacy group here, conducted a survey of 636 consumers over 20 years of age to determine [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) – The environment ministry said Monday it has revised a set of laws to limit the use of plastic and other disposable items as the country grapples with soaring waste amid the coronavirus pandemic. The revisions, which will be subject to a public review from Tuesday until March 29, include [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s cosmetics industry is stepping up efforts to promote the circular economy, including the reduction of plastic packaging and the recycling of resources. The Korea Cosmetic Association, L’Oreal Korea, AmorePacific Corp., Aekyung Industrial Co. and LG Household & Health Care Ltd. jointly declared the ‘2030 cosmetics plastic initiative’ [...]
SEOUL, Oct. 27 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Telecom Co. announced on Monday that it succeeded in recycling radomes, plastic communications antenna enclosures, for the first time in the industry. This milestone was achieved in collaboration with High Gain Antenna Co., a domestic antenna-producing firm. The recycled radome acquired GR (Good Recycled Product) certification from the [...]
DAEJEON, May 29 (Korea Bizwire) — The Korea Research Institute of Bioscience and Biotechnology said Thursday that it has developed a phytoplankton that can break down PET bottles. Since creatures living in the water, such as fish and shellfish, tend to ingest microplastics, the issue of plastic being concentrated in living organisms has become a [...]