{"id":140743,"date":"2025-06-05T07:59:29","date_gmt":"2025-06-05T04:59:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/yleinen\/in-pictures-how-the-republic-of-korea-is-taking-on-plastic-pollution\/"},"modified":"2025-06-05T07:59:29","modified_gmt":"2025-06-05T04:59:29","slug":"in-pictures-how-the-republic-of-korea-is-taking-on-plastic-pollution","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/yleinen\/in-pictures-how-the-republic-of-korea-is-taking-on-plastic-pollution\/","title":{"rendered":"In pictures: how the Republic of Korea is taking on plastic pollution"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"mp_wrapper\">\n  <div class=\"mepr-unauthorized-message\">\n    <p>You are unauthorized to view this page.<\/p>\n  <\/div>\n  <div class=\"mepr-login-form-wrap\">\n            \n<div class=\"mp_wrapper mp_login_form\">\n                  <!-- mp-login-form-start -->     <form name=\"mepr_loginform\" id=\"mepr_loginform\" class=\"mepr-form\" action=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/\" method=\"post\">\n            <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_username\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n                              <label for=\"user_login\">Username<\/label>\n        <\/div>\n        <input type=\"text\" name=\"log\" id=\"user_login\" value=\"\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-form-row mepr_password\">\n        <div class=\"mp-form-label\">\n          <label for=\"user_pass\">Password<\/label>\n          <div class=\"mp-hide-pw\">\n            <input type=\"password\" name=\"pwd\" id=\"user_pass\" value=\"\" \/>\n            <button type=\"button\" class=\"button mp-hide-pw hide-if-no-js\" data-toggle=\"0\" aria-label=\"Show password\">\n              <span class=\"dashicons dashicons-visibility\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/span>\n            <\/button>\n          <\/div>\n        <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n            <div>\n        <label><input name=\"rememberme\" type=\"checkbox\" id=\"rememberme\" value=\"forever\" \/> Remember Me<\/label>\n      <\/div>\n      <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n      <div class=\"submit\">\n        <input type=\"submit\" name=\"wp-submit\" id=\"wp-submit\" class=\"button-primary mepr-share-button \" value=\"Log In\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"redirect_to\" value=\"\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140743\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_process_login_form\" value=\"true\" \/>\n        <input type=\"hidden\" name=\"mepr_is_login_page\" value=\"false\" \/>\n      <\/div>\n    <\/form>\n    <div class=\"mp-spacer\">&nbsp;<\/div>\n    <div class=\"mepr-login-actions\">\n        <a\n          href=\"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/login-2\/?action=forgot_password\"\n          title=\"Click here to reset your password\"\n        >\n          Forgot Password        <\/a>\n    <\/div>\n\n      \n    <!-- mp-login-form-end --> \n  <\/div>\n      <\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<div class=\"smart_content_wrapper\">\n<p>This year, the Republic of Korea is hosting World Environment Day. Observed on 5 June, the day this year spotlights solutions to end the mounting global plastic pollution crisis. Here is a visual look at the country\u2019s recipe for dealing with plastic pollution and the lessons it could hold for others.<\/p>\n<p>The Republic of Korea is attempting to create what experts call a circular economy for plastics. The idea is to redesign plastic products for circularity, reuse plastic products as much as possible, find alternatives, and when plastic has reached the end of its life, recycle it. It\u2019s a concept many retailers have embraced, like the Zero Waste Living Lab in the Jeju Special Self-Governing Province, a volcanic isle in the country\u2019s far south. Among other things, the shop offers wooden toothbrushes and shampoo in bar form, which negates the need for plastic packaging. It\u2019s one of many retailers that provide more circular options for shoppers in an effort to limit plastic pollution.<\/p>\n<p>Jeju province has built 1,700 unstaffed drop-off depots, known as Clean Houses, where nearby residents must drop off their recycling on designated days. The province also has 200 staffed facilities where employees, often retirees, help residents divvy up their waste. This initial sorting makes recycling easier down the line. In Jeju, some 66 per cent of all household waste, which includes plastic, paper, food and other municipal waste, is recycled, according to data from the Korean environment ministry. The global average is about 19 per cent, found a 2024 report by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Jeju is also home to a cutting-edge recycling plant. The Jeju Resources Circulation Center is largely automated, with magnets separating metals from plastics and so-called optical sorters using light rays to determine the composition of plastics, allowing them to be grouped by type.<\/p>\n<p>Source: <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/supplychaindigital.com\/sustainability\/inside-the-estee-lauder-companies-sustainable-upgrades\">Supply Chain Digital<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<p>The post <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\/environmental-news-en\/2-721\/\">In pictures: how the Republic of Korea is taking on plastic pollution<\/a> appeared first on <a rel=\"noopener\" href=\"https:\/\/vastuullisuusuutiset.fi\/fi\">Vastuullisuusuutiset.fi<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[22,1],"tags":[575,19008,759,5550,655],"class_list":["post-140743","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news","category-yleinen","tag-environmental-news-en","tag-jeju","tag-plastic-pollution","tag-south-korea","tag-yleinen"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140743","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=140743"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/140743\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=140743"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=140743"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/tietopankki.crnet.fi\/fi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=140743"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}