As Korean consumers are becoming aware of the seriousness of environmental degradation, a growing number of Korean consumers are beginning to consider eco-friendliness as an important factor in purchasing products, alongside prices, quality and designs. The government of Korea thus introduced an Environmental labelling for consumers to identify and select eco-friendly...
With rapid urbanization and rising income level, the total waste volume in Korea has increased at an unprecedented rate. As landfill and incineration could no longer handle all the wastes being generated, the Korean Government finally introduced the Volume-Based Waste Fee (VBWF) for garbage disposal in 1995, with the goals...
As a resource-poor and heavy energy-using society, Korea faces serious environmental, economic and social threats. Therefore, in order to transform the mass production-oriented and mass waste-producing economic Structure into a much more sustainable and efficient resource-circulating one at a fundamental level, Korea enacted the Framework Act on Resource Circulation (FARC). ...
River Management Fund for the Four Major River Systems introduces River Management Funds (RMFs) that Korean Government has implemented to improve the water quality of four major river system which provides many tangible and/ or intangible benefits to the society in Korea. To ensure more systematic efforts for improving water quality, the...
This paper, Korea Environmental Policy Bulletin: Emissions Trading Scheme, introduced the operation of the Korean Emission Trading Scheme (ETS). Korea's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions have continued to increase over the decades. It is expected that the ETS will reduce the cost of reducing greenhouse gas emissions effectively in terms...