SEOUL, March 15 (Korea Bizwire) — With climate change and environment pollution developing into serious social issues, an increasing number of South Koreans are attempting to educate themselves about the proper methods to separate recyclables as a way to minimize the amount of waste destined for landfills or incinerators. On social media, a ‘praise relay’ [...]
SEOUL, March 11 (Korea Bizwire) — Seoul’s city government and local fiber manufacturer Hyosung TNC Co. together released a series of apparel and bags produced in accordance with a plastic bottle recycling agreement. They two entities released the ‘Love Seoul’ series that includes leggings and pleat bags made from PET-based fabric. Seoul city collected plastic [...]
ULSAN, March 5 (Korea Bizwire) — A local district office has launched a drive to promote the reuse of ice packs. The Buk District Office in the southeastern city of Ulsan installed ice pack collection boxes at all of the district’s community service centers late last month and started collecting ice packs from this month. [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 29 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea’s multiplex chain CJ CGV has unveiled the industry’s first attempt to recycle old projection screens. The company announced on Thursday that it will unveil two types of little bags made of old screens. According to CGV, the number of theater screens that were discarded over the past [...]
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, Jan. 19 (Korea Bizwire) — The government plans to develop appliances that can recycle used batteries. The Ministry of Trade, Industry and Energy announced Monday that it will invest 13 billion won (US$11.7 million) to develop technology for recycling used batteries by 2024. Batteries used for electric vehicles (EVs) and other appliances will become [...]
SEOUL, Jan. 10 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea plans to restrict or phase out its imports of 10 kinds of industrial waste to increase the recycling of domestic waste, the Ministry of Environment said Sunday. The ministry said the importation of half of the 10 waste items, including plastic waste, mixed waste paper and coal [...]
SEOUL, Dec. 24 (Korea Bizwire) — South Korea aims to reduce its plastic waste by 20 percent by 2025 by scaling down the output of plastic products and increasing the recycling rate, the Ministry of Environment said Thursday. Under the ambitious environmental policy goal approved in an interagency policy coordination meeting, the nation also aims [...]
SEOUL, Nov. 6 (Korea Bizwire) — GS The Fresh, a hypermarket franchise, and 119Reo, a social startup, announced Thursday that they will hold a collaboration event to give out bags made from old firefighter uniforms. 119Reo is a social startup dedicated to recycling firefighter uniforms to produce bags, backpacks and accessories, and donate a certain [...]
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 [...]