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3. South Korea – 53.7%
The only non-European nation in the top five, South Korea had a recycling rate of 53.7%in 2018.
It has enjoyed success until now with a system in which privately-run companies collect the waste and sell it on for profit.
However, this is due to change soon after near-neighbour Chinaaltered its own environmental policy.
In April 2018, the economic superpower banned the import of plastic waste, and as the biggest buyer of Korean material, this was a problem.
Korean businesses are no longer making as much money from the recycling scheme, resulting in staff lay-offs and plastic waste starting to pile up on its streets.
These issues lasted for two weeks before the government agreed to provide financial help to the recycling companies.
Commenting on the waste management crisis, former Environment Secretary Kim Eun Kyung said: “To resolve the plastic waste crisis, society as a whole needs to change its ways of production, consumption, recycling and even the culture.”
South Korea has since implemented policies that include the banning of both coloured plastic bottles and PVC by 2020.
It will also reduce and eventually phase-out disposable cups and plastic screws, getting rid of these products completely by 2027.
In addition to this, in February 2020, South Korea’s environment ministry published a general policy to reduce waste paper imports.
It also said it will improve the domestic recycling plastic bottles by collecting them separately from other recyclables.
Overall, the South Korean government is looking to collect 100,000 tonnes of plastic bottles per year by the beginning of 2022.
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3. South Korea – 53.7%
The only non-European nation in the top five, South Korea had a recycling rate of 53.7% in 2018.
It has enjoyed success until now with a system in which privately-run companies collect the waste and sell it on for profit.
However, this is due to change soon after near-neighbour China altered its own environmental policy.
In April 2018, the economic superpower banned the import of plastic waste, and as the biggest buyer of Korean material, this was a problem.
Korean businesses are no longer making as much money from the recycling scheme, resulting in staff lay-offs and plastic waste starting to pile up on its streets.
These issues lasted for two weeks before the government agreed to provide financial help to the recycling companies.
Commenting on the waste management crisis, former Environment Secretary Kim Eun Kyung said: “To resolve the plastic waste crisis, society as a whole needs to change its ways of production, consumption, recycling and even the culture.”
South Korea has since implemented policies that include the banning of both coloured plastic bottles and PVC by 2020.
It will also reduce and eventually phase-out disposable cups and plastic screws, getting rid of these products completely by 2027.
In addition to this, in February 2020, South Korea’s environment ministry published a general policy to reduce waste paper imports.
It also said it will improve the domestic recycling plastic bottles by collecting them separately from other recyclables.
Overall, the South Korean government is looking to collect 100,000 tonnes of plastic bottles per year by the beginning of 2022.
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