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Waste sorting in Korea is a part of everyday life where you can't throw away any garbage without classifying or sorting by type. I would like to share this part of my everyday life that is held in my classroom and my house. At the back of my classroom, there are two separate trash cans for sorting the waste. Garbage for recycling should be put in the "Recycling" bin and the rest of the garbage should be put in the "Waste" bin. In the Recycling bin, students put recyclable wastes such as paper, metal, aluminum, glass, polystyrene, plastic, etc., and in the Waste bin students put non-recyclable waste such as combined plastic, ball-point pen, bones, shells, porcelain, CD, leather, etc. We are taught to separate plastic covers from paper or metal caps from glass bottles. We take turns to be on a weekly duty to move the trash bins to the backyard of the school where janitorial staffs separate recycling trashes once again into subtypes such as metal, paper, glass and plastic. Batteries and light bulbs need special care by separately being collected due to hazardous materials. In the residential area, waste sorting is a little more intense than school area because households dispose more garbage than students at school. In the backyard of my house, there are trash bins with more detailed classification such as metal/aluminum, paper, book, glass, plastic, polystyrene, light bulbs, batteries, furniture, clothing, shoes and food garbage. For non-recyclable trash, every household must use government-designated bag. There is also government-designated bag for food garbage collection. Failing to use a designated bag results in a serious offense and is subject to fines. Now it has been more than 20 years since the Korean Government started use of designated bag and recycling collection. As a result, the total volume of waste reduced 50% and recycling rate has doubled. |
    
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Woaw. This is an amazing article. I really like the system that your country is following: separating the rubbish and recycling more. I have liked that to happen in the Seychelles, but this would be hard work, because we would need to educate the people about it and try to influence the authorities to try to "make" this regulations.
But applause for the Korea!
Posted 31-03-2015 00:40
A great step taken by the Korean government in inculcating the habit of segregating among its citizens.
Thanks for sharing Soram
Posted 29-03-2015 19:01
How I wish my country can also indulge in this activity too
Posted 26-03-2015 18:15
wooow ! I wish I can visit korea one day ! I like the idea ! they started doing it in my country too ! thank you so much for your rapport dear Soram !
Posted 26-03-2015 08:57
Dear Soram, I have experienced of sorting waste in Korea through for only few days during GYELS 2015. I am so glad to go through your repoert and how you have adopted this well in your house as well as classroom.
More happy to know that successful implementation of rules in Korea for 20 years has led to waste reduction by 50% and increased recycling.
Hopefully such practice will be legally introduced in my country from the government side too :)
Posted 24-03-2015 22:42
I am so happy to note that such an efficient and successful waste segregation system (at source) exists in Korea and that too well guarded by strict laws. Wonderfu! Your school too is doing it nicely which is not only managing and segregating the waste but also inculcating positive environmental ethics in children right from school age. Great!. Thanks for sharing.
Posted 24-03-2015 00:04
Sorting the waste into degradable and non degradable is the common culture in developing countries. But like you are doing, we need to classify those non degradable into plastic, papers, e waste and metals and further more if needed :)
I am so glad to know waste sorting as a part of daily life
thanks for the great report Soram
Posted 23-03-2015 23:25
My understanding is that Korean government started waste sorting in around early and mid 1990s, and it took almost 20 years for many Koreans to get used to it.
Posted 23-03-2015 23:25
In developing country like Indonesia. waste in classify into organic and non-organic just two type. Waste sorting into specific classification is generally had by advanced country. That is so much better. Perhaps, my government can learn form Korea.
Posted 23-03-2015 11:57
Woow... this is NICE! I wish my country's government should borrow a cue from yours.
Posted 23-03-2015 10:20