SEOUL, Aug. 4 (Korea Bizwire) — The Ministry of Environment said Thursday it will issue an advance notice for the revision of the enforcement ordinance and regulation of the Waste Management Act, which will introduce provisions for additional recycling categories and criteria for various items, including coffee grounds and waste cooking oil. The revised regulations [...]
SEOUL, July 6 (Korea Bizwire) — SK Chemicals Co. said Wednesday it has utilized its chemically recycled PET (CR-PET) to create new packaging for food giant Ottogi Co.’s port cutlets and steak sauces. The company emphasized that it was the first in the local food industry to develop and commercialize food containers using 100 percent [...]
SEOUL, June 21 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co. is showcasing a series of artworks created by recycling props from refrigerator advertisements. The tech giant said Tuesday it has collaborated with upcycling artists Lee Kyu-han and Kim Eun-ha to transform props like film sets and costumes, originally used to convey the energy-saving philosophy of Bespoke [...]
SEOUL, May 12 (Korea Bizwire) — The mushroom medium that is dumped after harvesting mushrooms can be recycled as a bedding material for barn floors, a local research institute said Thursday. The medium refers to the culture soil used for growing mushrooms, which mainly consists of sawdust. Typically, after harvesting mushrooms, the medium is disposed [...]
SEOUL, May 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s Seongdong District announced on Wednesday the establishment of a collaborative network between the public and private sectors, marking the country’s first cork recycling project in its pursuit of zero carbon emissions. The district entered into an agreement with S-Build, a sports facility construction company specializing in cork recycling [...]
SEOUL, April 26 (Korea Bizwire) — A social enterprise backed by SK Innovation Co., the energy and chemical affiliate of the South Korean conglomerate SK Group, has unveiled a lightweight safety helmet made by recycling waste helmets. Usisan said on Tuesday it had developed a lightweight safety helmet by recycling waste safety helmets and plastic [...]
SEOUL, March 3 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean builder SK Ecoplant Co. said Thursday it has secured an additional electronic waste and waste battery recycling base in the North American market through its overseas subsidiary. TES Envirocorp, a Singapore-based electronic waste management solution provider acquired by SK ecoplant last year, completed and started operating an [...]
SEOUL, March 2 (Korea Bizwire) — The state-run National Institute of Environmental Research on Wednesday revealed that 34 new types of recycling have been approved under its Recycling Availability Assessment System, paving the way for recycling 3.13 million tons of waste as resources. This system, introduced in 2016, is designed to approve new types of [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Face masks that used to symbolize the pandemic era are now turning into a source of environmental harm. The Anti-Corruption and Civil Rights Commission (ACRC) reported that each South Korean citizen used a new disposable mask every 2.3 days on average last year. More than 7.3 billion masks were [...]
SEOUL, Feb. 15 (Korea Bizwire) — Samsung Electronics Co.’s Brazil office on Monday (local time) unveiled an online store-dedicated discount policy to promote the recycling of old home appliances. The new program, dubbed EcoTroca, provides a discount coupon to consumers who return old home electronics as a way to encourage their disposal in a proper and sustainable [...]