Hansol Paper announced that it has signed a memorandum of understanding with the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment, Seoul Milk, Maeil Dairy, and various paper pack manufacturing and recycling companies to improve the paper pack recycling system.
The agreement includes participation from Seoul Milk, Maeil Dairy, the Paper Pack Recycling Council, Ssyangyong C&B, SIG Combibloc Korea, Tetra Pak, the Korea Packaging Recycling Business Cooperative, and the Korea Resource Recycling Support Center.
The initiative aims to establish a system that connects the production, use, collection, and recycling of paper packs. Producers obligated to recycle will promote the sharing of recycling support funds and the expansion of recycled product purchases, while manufacturers will support the design of easily recyclable products and the enhancement of sorting systems.
Recycling companies will sort the collected paper packs to produce recycled raw materials and paper products.
Hansol Paper operates paper pack recycling facilities at its Daejeon plant, producing recycled pulp from collected paper packs, which is then reused as raw material for products like white board.
Han Kyung-rok, CEO of Hansol Paper, stated, "Paper packs are a resource that can be reused as raw materials for various paper products through recycling. We will participate in establishing a resource circulation system that connects the production, collection, and recycling of paper packs."
Additionally, Hansol Paper has been collaborating with 12 food companies to establish a system for recycling sterilized packs into raw materials for white board at its Daejeon plant. The company is also exploring ways to utilize aluminum and polyethylene residues generated during the decomposition of sterilized packs as raw materials for plastic products.
* This article has been translated by AI.
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