Comments on: Korea Excels at Recycling; Koreans Unaware

By: Racole

Racole — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:20:53 +0000

Sorry about that I just blew up. (I didnt read the whole article) I’m sorry.

By: Racole

Racole — Mon, 11 Jan 2010 07:18:57 +0000

Oy! I APPRECIATE recycling I live in Korea and I’ll have YOU KNOW that Korea is cleaner thn the US and about the “Too many Korean houses are built along tiny, ancient alleyways or winding country roads to make door-to-door curbside pickup viable” I DO NOT live in an ancient Alleyway! I live on a house OVER LOOKING HAEUNDAE BEACH I cn walk to the beach every day. I can walk up dalmaji hill to the viewing site every day. So dont make it sound like we have NO respect for law!

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[...] Just a couple of hours later, I had gathered 24 pounds of garbage. This included seven pounds of recyclables and 251 cigarette butts (something inspired my to keep count). It did not include the used futons [...]

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By: Make Green Work — Korea Excels at Recycling; Koreans Unaware

Make Green Work — Korea Excels at Recycling; Koreans Unaware — Mon, 25 Aug 2008 06:10:01 +0000

[...] Korea Excels at Recycling; Koreans Unaware – (ecolocalizer.com) “In fact, homes and businesses all over Korea recycle and compost as a general rule. More than 40% of solid waste is recycled and about 55% of food waste is composted as fertilizers and feed. Still, the recycling laws behind these successes are only part of the puzzle. Koreans, it seems, donâ€™t fully appreciate their countryâ€™s recycling system…“ [...]

By: Jolly Green Girl

Jolly Green Girl — Sat, 10 May 2008 16:59:37 +0000

That’s pretty interesting being that I am Korean and was raised there until I was about seven years old. I am so proud of my old country!!!!

I remember having recycling bins in Augsburg, Germany and there was also a mandatory recyling program when we lived there back in the 90′s. (I am a military brat, can you tell?)

It seems like the rest of the world are advanced on Environmental Issues. I hope the U.S. will decide to catch up. I guess it’s up to us to start and teach our children to continue.

By: David Alexander

David Alexander — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 23:34:51 +0000

Of course there should be mandatory recycling of everything possible, as a national law, in every country! This is a world-wide situation. As far as the USA, we continue to dream we are leaders. An analogy occurs to me right now: we are the super-fast rabbit who thought he would nap. Now all the turtles have passed us long ago. Waking up will be a shock.

How many people know about the area of the ocean covered with plastic, north of Hawaii? It is the size of France. This is due to easy disposal in coastal cities or from boats.

Don’t people realize, it is like dumping the garbage from your kitchen pail, onto the floor of your living room. WE LIVE HERE!

By: Experience Korea

Experience Korea — Thu, 21 Feb 2008 16:16:55 +0000

The best to recycling is to motivate people separating the type of garbages and let collector/gov. agency manage them properly. Once it is a culture, recycling will runs on its own. People just to busy to think about it. Not just in Korea but most part of the world too.

By: Beverley

Beverley — Wed, 20 Feb 2008 17:19:27 +0000

Recycling with bags is far easier and more convenient for people to use; the ease of using bags encourages people to reycle far more than people who use bins.
In Korea, you can get bag hangers to hold your recycling bags at http://www.funshop.co.kr
We also use them in Canada, where we have some of the highest recycling rates; you can get them in North America at http://www.createsomespace.com
They are worth it!