Chaegun Phae

Abstract : Pallets and containers are reused for a long period of time and are circulated and shared among consumers via a pool system. Although attempts have recently been made to convert to an EPR (Extended Producer Responsibility) system in Korea, it is difficult to calculate their mandatory recycling rates because they are treated as the same waste, even though they are clearly different from disposable consumer goods and plastic packaging materials.

Open AccessArticle by Dowan Kim 1, Eunsook Kim 2 and Chaegun Phae 1,* 1 Department of Energy and Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea 2 Korea Environment Corporation Resource Circulation Headquarters, Incheon 21978, Republic of Korea * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.

This is an early access version, the complete PDF, HTML, and XML versions will be available soon. Open AccessArticle by Dowan Kim and Chaegun Phae * Department of Environmental Engineering, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea * Author to whom correspondence should be addressed.