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http://dx.doi.org/10.20909/kopast.2018.24.2.65

The Current Status of Recycling Process and Problems of Recycling according to the Packaging Waste of Korea  

Ko, Euisuk (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
Shim, Woncheol (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
Lee, Hakrae (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
Kang, Wookgeon (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
Shin, Jihyeon (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
Kwon, Ohcheol (Korea Packaging Resources & Recirculation Technology Institute)
Kim, Jaineung (Department of Packaging, Yonsei University)
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KOREAN JOURNAL OF PACKAGING SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY / v.24, no.2, 2018 , pp. 65-71 More about this Journal
Abstract
Paper packs, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic materials are classified according to packaging material recycling groups that are Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR). In the case of waste paper pack, the compressed cartons are dissociated to separate polyethylene films and other foreign substance, and then these are washed, pulverized and dried to produce toilet paper. Glass bottle for recycling is provided to the bottle manufacturers after the process of collecting the waste glass bottle, removing the foreign substance, sorting by color, crushing, raw materializing process. Waste glass recycling technology of Korea is largely manual, except for removal of metal components and low specific gravity materials. Metal can is classified into iron and aluminum cans through an automatic sorting machine, compressed, and reproduced as iron and aluminum through a blast furnace. In the case of composite plastic material, the selected compressed product is crushed and then recycled through melt molding and refined products are produced through solid fuel manufacturing steps through emulsification and compression molding through pyrolysis. In the recycling process of paper packs, glass bottles, metal cans, and plastic materials, the influx of recycled materials and other substances interferes with the recycling process and increases the recycling cost and time. Therefore, the government needs to improve the legal system which is necessary to use materials and structure that are easy to recycle from the design stage of products or packaging materials.
Keywords
Packaging material; Recycling process; Packaging Waste; EPR;
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