Banning direct landfilling is necessary for stable waste management. But policy cannot be forced through without regard for ...

Deep-dive into the waste segregation and collection practices being used in South Korea The Korean government promotes the separation of wastes into food waste, unrecyclable waste, and recyclable ...

Seoul will roll out a new incentive points program next year that rewards households for reducing food waste. The program ...

Plastic waste is causing environmental hazards in agricultural towns in the Korean countryside, as more than half of the waste is abandoned in empty fields, data showed Thursday. In the winter, those ...

SEOUL (Reuters) -South Korea has won international praise for its recycling efforts, but as it prepares to host talks for a global plastic waste agreement, experts say the country's approach ...

The food waste recycle rate went from 2.1% in 1995 to 90.2% in 2016. SEOUL, South Korea -- "Compost in my vegetable garden!" "No, mine first!" City farmers have been raising their voices to make sure ...

SEOUL, South Korea — Waste and propaganda are raining down across the Korean peninsula. It’s not the cross-border barrage South Koreans have been fearing: The country's military said Wednesday that ...

Up to 40 percent of the American food supply goes to waste. That amounts to over 20 pounds of food waste per person per month. Organic waste, such as fruits and vegetables, make up the second highest ...

Move brings 18 toy categories under extended producer responsibility rules as Seoul steps up efforts to cut plastic wastes.

The Korea Radioactive Waste Agency (KORAD) on July 13 disposed its first waste in a newly completed low- and intermediate-level nuclear waste disposal facility underground at Gyeongju in North ...