SEOUL, Sept. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — POSCO and Hyundai Steel Co., South Korea’s two largest steelmakers, will start using oyster shells as a secondary base material for steel production. Both companies were inspired by the fact that oyster shell substances are similar to the limestone used for sintering and have been developing a recycling technology [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 31 (Korea Bizwire) — The government has announced a new initiative to promote the collection and recycling of cigarette butts, a source of pollution in urban areas. In collaboration with the Gangbuk District Office in Seoul, the Ministry of Environment plans to launch a pilot project with respect to the collection and recycling [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — Municipal governments are taking the initiative to promote the recycling of ice packs, which are piling up at homes across the country amid a surge in demand for delivery services resulting from the COVID-19 pandemic. Gel-type ice packs consist of fine plastics. When discarded improperly, they could cause environmental [...]
SEOUL, Aug. 3 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Monday that it will launch a campaign to collect leaf springs illegally installed on commercial trucks and recycle them for the production of fences for child safety zones. Leaf springs are typically installed under the frame of commercial trucks to reduce shock to the [...]
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, June 28 (Korea Bizwire) — Hanwha Solutions Corp., a South Korean energy solutions company, will participate in a government project in tandem with Lotte Chemical Corp., a major petrochemical firm, to cut carbon emissions by recycling the waste heat at one of its plants. Hanwha Solutions announced that it will create 1 million tons [...]
SEOUL, June 23 (Korea Bizwire) — A series of initiatives is being planned to enable clam and oyster shells to be recycled to improve local ecosystems at fishing grounds rather than simply being discarded. The Ministry of Oceans and Fisheries said Tuesday that a partial revision of the Marine Waste Management Act passed at a [...]
SEOUL, June 5 (Korea Bizwire) — Fewer than two out of 10 cosmetic containers distributed in South Korea are recyclable, an environmental group said Saturday, urging cosmetics companies to raise the recycling rate of their cosmetic packaging. The group, which calls itself “Cosmetic Attack Citizens Action,” said it examined 6,617 brand-name cosmetic containers, and only [...]
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, May 18 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemicals Co. said Monday that it had acquired a 10 percent stake in Shuye Environmental Technology Co., a Chinese company that possesses technology that can chemically break down waste PET, by investing 23 billion won (US$20 million). The company made the investment decision as part of efforts to [...]