Technical & Facilities

Technical Assistance Available from the following: - National Institute of Environmental ResearchKyungseodong, Seo-Gu, Incheon - Korea Environment InstituteBulgwangdong, Eunpyong-gu, Seoul - Korea Environmental Management CorporationKyungseodong, Seo-Gu, Incheon - Korea Environment Resources Corporati...

Environmentally sound management

Legislation, regulations and guidelines 1 Waste Control Act: Treatment of general waste, Define the concept and classification of wastes, standard of treatment method facility, Report of Import and export of wastes, Report of Waste Recycling, etc. 2 Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resou...

Reducing Waste Generation

National strategiespolicies The Korean government has revised the 2nd Comprehensive National Waste Management Plan 2002~2011 in July 2007 in which the firm establishment of a sustainable and resource circulating socioeconomic foundation is outlined as a major policy objective. Based on this Plan efforts ...

Export/Import Restrictions

Restrictions on export for final disposal Republic of Korea restricts the export of hazardous wastes and other wastes for final disposal. The Act on the Control of Transboundary Movement of Hazardous Wastes and Their Disposal, which entered into force in May 1994. It is prohibited to export hazardous w...

Waste Definition

National definition of waste Pursuant to Article 2 of the Waste Management Act enacted in 1986, the waste is defined as any matter such as trash, fly ash, sluge, waste oil, waste acid, waste alkali and animal carcasses, which becomes unnecessary for human living or business activities. However, radioacti...