SEOUL, Aug. 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Packaging made of polyvinyl chloride (PVC), colored bottles, and labels on bottles that use common adhesive, all of which are difficult to recycle, will be banned. The Ministry of Environment announced on Wednesday that new legislation related to resource circulation will soon take effect on December 25. PVC, when [...]
SEOUL, July 15 (Korea Bizwire) – An eco-friendly rubber duck that looks exactly like the one which was exhibited at Seokchon Lake in Seoul, gaining much popularity as an icon of “healing” last fall, is being displayed in downtown Seoul. The Citizens’ Movement for Environmental Justice, a civil advocacy group, announced that it would display the [...]
ULSAN, Jul. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — Six workers were killed and another one was injured Friday when an explosion occurred at a chemical plant in the southeastern coastal city of Ulsan, fire officials said. The blast occurred at around 9:19 a.m. when the workers were doing welding work on a storage tank containing waste at [...]