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    South Korea will ban some hard-to-recycle plastic products from the end of 2019

    • Last Update: 2022-08-18
    • Source: Internet
    • Author: User
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    According to South Korea's "Central Daily" report on the 28th, starting from the end of 2019, South Korea will ban the use of hard-to-recycle colored plastic bottles or plastic wrap made of polyvinyl chloride (PV.


    According to reports, the Ministry of Environment of South Korea said on the 27th that it will carry out a 40-day enforcement order and legislative notice of amendments to the enforcement rules from August 28 on the “Law on Resource Conservation and Promotion of Recyclin.


    The reason why the amendment decided to ban the use of PVC at the source is that if PVC is mixed with other synthetic resins for recycling, the strength of the product will decrease, and harmful substances such as hydrogen chloride will be released during the recycling proce.


    Based on 2017, the annual sales of 4,589 tons of PVC packaging materials in South Korea are mainly used for food wrap, transparent films for packaging, and transparent containe.


    The Ministry of Environment of South Korea will only allow some medicines and health functional foods that do not have commercial alternatives and are directly related to the safety of diet and medicine, ham and sausages sold at room temperature, meat with moisture, aquatic products, e.


    In addition, the amendment also bans the use of colored plastic bottl.


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