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Amorepacific inks recycling deal with KORA

Amorepacific Group and the Korea Resource Circulation Service Agency (KORA) have signed an agreement to promote the recovery and recycling of cosmetic glass bottles.

2024-02-29

Amorepacific launches free container pickup service

Amorepacific is launching a sustainable beauty initiative to recycle cosmetic containers and reduce plastic waste, including a free container pickup service. The company is also incorporating more recycled materials into its packaging and labels.

2024-01-16

[Game Changer] Trash talk: Reco wants to become Korea's WM

Reco's UpBox, a Korean waste management startup, aims to boost resource circulation and help companies achieve carbon neutrality by providing transparent data-driven waste solutions, with plans for future global expansion.

2023-12-30

Government scraps plan to ban paper cups

Korea's Ministry of Environment has scrapped plans to ban the use of paper cups following complaints from merchants and consumers. The government will instead recommend that businesses utilize multiuse cups.

2023-11-07

SK geo centric and Plastic Energy plan new plant in South Chungcheong

SK geo centric, a chemical subsidiary of SK innovation, will build a waste plastic pyrolysis plant in South Chungcheong with Plastic Energy. The plant is expected to have an annual processing capacity of 66,000 tons.

2023-10-31

S-Oil signs plastic recycling agreement with Korea Blue Energy Ulsan

S-Oil signed a plastic recycling agreement with Korea Blue Energy Ulsan, a local plastic recycling company, the oil refiner said Monday.

2023-10-30

GS Caltex achieves Korea's first third-party carbon footprint verification

GS Caltex completed Korea’s first third-party assessment of carbon emission volume with Norway’s DNV, the energy company said Thursday, a move aimed at enabling objective evaluation of the company’s recycled plastic products.

2023-10-26

SK ecoplant to build $66M U.S. battery recycling plant

SK ecoplant will build a $65.8 million battery recycling facility in the United States with TES and Ascend Elements.

2023-09-26

Samsung SDI achieves platinum status for waste management

Samsung SDI's operation sites in Korea have achieved Platinum status for diverting waste from landfills or incineration, indicating their efforts for resource circularity.

2023-09-20

Resource Circulation Day

Heaps of recyclable plastics are piled up at a Resource Circulation Center in Suwon, Gyeonggi, on Wednesday. Wednesday marks Resource Circulation Day, which was first designated as a special day by the Environment Ministry in 2009.

2023-09-06