Makgeolli. Hankyoreh materials
With the prolonged COVID-19 outbreak, couriers and food delivery have increased significantly, and plastic and vinyl waste has also increased. The government has come up with additional measures to reduce plastic waste. From next year, it is mandatory to use colorless plastic bottles rather than colored plastic bottles for sake bottles. Targets include white or green makgeolli containers and green cider containers. Containers used for food delivery are thinner than they are now. On the 24th, the Ministry of Environment confirmed and announced measures to remove plastics from domestic waste at the coordination and inspection meeting on state affairs issues. The mandatory use of transparent PET bottles, which is applied only to beverages and mineral water bottles, will be expanded to alcoholic beverages from next year. The rate of recycling due to the use of colored PET bottles or other materials and adhesives was 34% this year, but the goal is to reduce it to 15% by 2025. In this case, the opaque colored makgeolli bottle or green carbonated drink bottle will also become transparent. Brown beer PET bottles used to prevent oxidation are also in consultation with companies to make them into glass bottles in the future. From June 2022, a new disposable cup deposit system will be established. When using disposable cups at stores such as coffee shops, a deposit must be paid, and when the cup is returned, the deposit is also returned, in order to increase the burden of using disposable items. It also decided to reduce the weight of waste by 20% by reducing the thickness of plastic delivery containers such as Gamjatang and Haemultang from 1.2mm to 1.0mm. The thickness of the delivery container, which varies depending on the size of lunch, sushi, and side dishes, will be determined later. From January next year, in the mart N+1 packaging is prohibited, such as bundling free gifts and gifts, and bundling three or lessdo. However, the transition period is granted until March of next year, and SMEs are applied from July of next year. Furthermore, from 2030, the use of disposable plastic bags and shopping bags will be banned not only in large stores and supermarkets, but also in all industries. If it is used outside of the business subject to management, only plastic bags using recycled raw materials over a certain percentage can be used. Styrofoam buoys, one of the main causes of marine waste, are obligated to use only eco-friendly buoys from 2023. In apartment complexes that have decided to carry out separate collection of transparent PET bottles in stages from December 25th, at least 4 plastic recycling bins must be installed by 2022.
On the morning of the 21st, workers are sorting garbage by type at a recycling separation company in Dong-gu, Ilsan, Goyang-si, Gyeonggi-do. The majority of the people working here are in their 60s and 70s, and most of them are foreign workers. Goyang/ Senior Reporter Kim Bong-gyu
The plastic compressors installed in Jeju Island will be supplied from large-scale complexes with more than 3000 households starting next year. In places where many people visit, such as movie theaters, large stores, and amusement parks, unmanned terminals are installed to collect plastic bottles and cans. A system that provides’eco-mileage’ to citizens who brought recycled waste is also introduced on a pilot basis. Ten pyrolysis facilities are also built to extract petroleum from waste vinyl. Currently, there are only private facilities for pyrolysis facilities that steam at high temperatures, but the public decided to make it for the first time. From 2022, imports of plastic waste from overseas will also be banned. Establish quality standards to reduce the inflow of low-quality plastic recycled raw materials that have been widely used in the past. Due to the influence of Corona 19,’zipkok’ life has increased and the culture of parcel delivery and packaging has settled, increasing parcel delivery by 19.8% and food delivery by 75.1% from last year. Waste plastics and waste plastics increased by 14.6% and 11%, respectively, Consensus for solving the garbage problem has increased. Environment Minister Cho Joong-rae said, “To achieve a carbon-neutral society in 2050, a transition to a plastic society is essential. “We will make various efforts throughout the entire process of production, distribution, consumption, and recycling.” By Choi Woo-ri, staff reporter [email protected]