BUSAN, Jan. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — Air Busan Co., a budget carrier unit of Asiana Airlines Inc., is creating various items by recycling old suitcases used by flight attendants. The company said Tuesday that it had released a new keyring crafted from recycled suitcases and surf suits. The keyring is designed after the fin of [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — A South Korean research team has succeeded in developing a new biochar that can replace activated charcoal by recycling seaweed like kelp. The Korea Institute of Science and Technology said Tuesday its research team had developed a biochar (a compound word of biomass and charcoal) material that can adhere [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — With the introduction of a new policy that obliges citizens to throw away colorless, transparent plastic bottles only after removing all non-plastic materials from them, a recent study showed that citizens are most frustrated with the label removal process. The Korea Consumer Agency conducted a survey of 1,000 consumers [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 22 (Korea Bizwire) — Coffee grounds are being reused to get rid of the stench at livestock farms. The Ministry of Environment signed an agreement with the city of Incheon, North Gyeongsang Province, the Korea Productivity Center, the Korea Green Foundation and Hyundai Steel Co. on Wednesday for the recycling of coffee grounds. [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 20 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korean battery makers are jumping into recycling electric vehicle (EV) batteries as the prices of the metals used in the batteries are on the rise. LG Chem Ltd., South Korea’s largest chemical company, and its subsidiary LG Energy Solution Ltd. recently invested a combined 60 billion won (US$50 [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 17 (Korea Bizwire) — The Seoul Metropolitan Government said Thursday it will collect coffee grounds from downtown cafes for recycling. The city plans to offer certified marks and other incentives to encourage coffee shops to throw away coffee grounds separately, collect them through district offices and send them to a recycling firm. The [...]
TONGYEONG, Dec. 8 (Korea Bizwire) — The southern port city of Tongyeong is set to launch a new project to develop marine waste into recyclable resources. The city government on Monday held the final briefing session on its outsourced research result concerning the feasibility and basic plan for the establishment of a marine resource circulation [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 26 (Korea Bizwire) — The overall quality of clothes made by recycling plastic bottles is generally good and there are no safety concerns, a consumer watchdog said Wednesday. The Korea Consumer Agency tested the durability and safety of five recycled polyester garments produced by local sports brands that are now selling in the [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — As plastic waste continues to pose a greater threat to the environment, policy makers are rushing to come up with varied ideas to tackle the problem. And the city of Changwon in South Gyeongsang Province has recently joined the growing ranks of local authorities installing recycling machines where you [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 16 (Korea Bizwire) — Armed with a variety of technologies, an increasing number of startups are making forays into the waste resource collection business. As environmental, social and governance (ESG) management is emerging as a major trend, the value of waste resource recycling is on the rise. Tech startup Superbin’s vending machine Nephron [...]