The Korean government recently announced a comprehensive policy for waste recycling management. It plans to reduce plastic waste by half in 2030 and increase its recycling rate from the current 34% to 70%.
It is reported that the announced comprehensive policy involves product manufacturing and production, circulation and consumption, separation and discharge, recycling and screening, and reuse. The Korean government will first reduce over-packaging and strive to replace disposable plastic cups by 2022. The use of disposable plastic bags has decreased by 35%. According to relevant sources from the Korea Environment Ministry, it is expected that from October this year, large shopping malls and supermarkets will no longer provide disposable plastic bags.
In addition, the Korean government plans to formulate guidelines for the separation and discharge of plastics, and will strengthen the supervision of local governments during the recovery and screening stage. Before 2022, South Korea will also invest 50 billion won (about 296 million yuan) for plastic recycling. Production, to avoid the pollution of disposable plastic garbage to the environment.