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Preface / Joon-Kyung Kim
Contents
Summary 15
Chapter 1. Introduction 18
Chapter 2. Waste Resources Management in Korea and Paradigm Shifts 22
1. Concept and Classification of Wastes 23
2. Current State of Waste Generation, Treatment in Korea and Changes in Trends 24
2.1. Current State of Waste Generation 24
2.2. Current State of Waste Treatment 25
3. Paradigm Shift in Waste Resources Management in Korea 28
3.1. Before 1990's 28
3.2. 1990's 29
3.3. After 2000 30
3.4. Present 32
Chapter 3. Major Systems of Waste Resource Management in Korea 38
1. Major Systems of Waste Management in Korea 39
1.1. Discharger Responsibility System 41
1.2. Producer Responsibility System 48
1.3. Type-Based Waste Management System 63
1.4. System Certification of Lawful Treatment of Wastes (Allbaro System) 78
2. Measures for Managing Conflicts in Areas Surrounding Waste Treatment Facilities 82
2.1. Reasons for Conflict 82
2.2. Measures to Respond to Conflicts 84
Chapter 4. Outcomes of Korea's Waste Management Policies and Comparison with Foreign Countries 96
1. Comparison with Foreign Waste Management Policies 97
1.1. Comparison Between Systems of Legislations 97
1.2. Comparison of "Waste Treatment Legislations" and "Recycling Legislations" Systems 99
1.3. Structure of the "Waste Reuse" Legislation System 100
1.4. Comparison of Whether a "Framework Act on Resource Circulation" Exists 101
1.5. Other Systems of Laws 105
1.6. Comprehensive Analysis 106
1.7. Comparison of Current State of Waste Generation and Treatment in Korea and Foreign Countries 108
2. Achievements and Limitations of Korea's Waste Management Policies 110
2.1. Achievements and Limitations of the Volume-Rate Disposal System 112
2.2. Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) 118
Chapter 5. Policy Proposal for National Solid Waste Management 128
1. Basic Direction 129
2. Policy Proposal for each Phases 132
2.1. Stable and Sanitary Waste Treatment Phase 132
2.2. Waste Reduction and Recycle Phase 137
2.3. Resource Circulation Phase 144
Chapter 6. Conclusion 148
References 151
Appendices 155
Appendix 1) Classification of Wastes 155
Appendix 2) Korean Waste Management Law and Plans 156
[Back Cover] 185
Table 2-1. Paradigm Shift in Waste Policies 34
Table 2-2. Paradigm Shift in Korean Waste Management Policies throughout Years 35
Table 3-1. Differences between Waste Deposit System and Extended Producer... 49
Table 3-2. Categories of Objects Subject to Extended Producer Responsibility 50
Table 3-3. Role of Each Actor in the Extended Producer Responsibility System 52
Table 3-4. Mandatory Rate of Recycling in 2016 for Each Category of Product... 55
Table 3-5. Methods of Sorted Discharge 57
Table 3-6. Flow of Operation of Levying of Waste Levy and Payment Thereof 59
Table 3-7. Outcome of Waste Fee Collection 61
Table 3-8. Industrial Site Waste Dischargers whose Sector and Scale... 65
Table 3-9. Types of Medical Wastes (Attached Table 2 of Article 4... 67
Table 3-10. Standards for Method of Packaging for Each Type of Products 77
Table 3-11. Gyeonggi Province Name Changes for Household Waste... 84
Table 3-12. Details of Incentive Provisions, Size and Methods 86
Table 3-13. Voluntary Entry Incentives Offered by Jeonju, North Jeolla 87
Table 4-1. Comparative Analysis of Legislation on Waste Management 98
Table 4-2. Comparison of Waste Management Policies of Korea and Foreign... 99
Table 4-3. Comparison of Waste Management Policies in Korea and Foreign... 100
Table 4-4. Comparison of Waste Management Policies in Korea and Foreign... 101
Table 4-5. Policy Tools of Each Country for Each Phase of Economic Activity 103
Table 4-6. Comparison of Waste Management Policies in Korea and Foreign... 106
Table 4-7. Comparative Analysis of Systems of Legislations 107
Table 4-8. Yearly Reduction in Cost of Treatment of Domestic Waste... 113
Table 4-9. Total Economic Value Due to Implementation of Volume-Rate... 115
Table 4-10. Answers to Whether Sorted Discharge Causes Annoyance 116
Table 4-11. Changes in Yearly Recycling Outcomes 119
Table 4-12. Generation of Economic Value through Recycling 121
Table 4-13. Reduction of Costs of Landfill Burying (Incineration) Treatment 122
Table 4-14. Advancing the EPR System 125
Table 5-1. Implementation Measures By Phase 130
Table 5-2. Contents Included in Korea's Basic Plan for Waste Treatment... 134
Table 5-3. Research Categories on Sources of Waste Generation, Etc. 143
Table 5-4. Research Categories on Sources of Waste Generation, Etc. 143
Table 5-5. Expansion of Waste Related Budget in Korea 145
Table 6-1. Developmental Process of Waste Management Legislations of Korea 150
Figure 1-1. Flow of Research 21
Figure 2-1. Current State of Domestic and Industrial Site Waste Generation 25
Figure 2-2. Current State of Domestic Waste Management 26
Figure 2-3. Current State of Industrial Waste Management 27
Figure 2-4. Changes in Waste-Related Policies and Systems in Korea 37
Figure 3-1. Major Systems of Waste Management in Korea 40
Figure 3-2. Volume-Rate Disposal Bags 43
Figure 3-3. Flow of Operation of Levying Waste Levies and Payments Thereof 60
Figure 3-4. System of Implementation of the Industrial Site Waste... 64
Figure 3-5. RFID Processing System 70
Figure 3-6. Chronology of the Allbaro System 79
Figure 3-7. Allbaro System's Operational System and Composition 80
Figure 3-8. Visitation to an Advanced Environmental Facility 85
Figure 3-9. An Example of a Resident Observation Agent during a Visitation Trip 85
Figure 3-10. Thermal Power Plant (Incineration Facility) of Pyeongchon New Town 92
Figure 3-11. Guri Resource Reclamation Facility 93
Figure 3-12. Guri Tower 94
Figure 3-13. Guri Citizen Sports Center 95
Figure 4-1. Quantity of Waste 108
Figure 4-2. Rate of Recycling 109
Figure 4-3. Rate of Landfill 109
Figure 4-4. Comparison Current State of Waste Policies, Waste Generation and... 111
Figure 5-1. Waste Management Goals 131
Figure 5-2. EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) 140
Figure 5-3. Allbaro System Homepage 141