About Envico > Organization Organization Chart Brief History of ENVICO Sep. 11, 1980 KOREACO is established Dec. 20, 1980 Collection of waste plastics is transferred to KORACO by the Ministry of Home Affairs Sep. 25, 1986 KOREACO is comossioned by the government to collect empty pesticide bottles Oct. 27, 1988 construction of the Cheonju Waste Film Treatment Factory is copleted Jul. 01, 1991 KOREACO expands the collection of recycclable waste with the introduction of the Waste separation and Collection System Nov. 15, 1991 Construction of Andong Waste Film Treatment Factory is copleted Sep. 11, 1993 Construction of Damyang Waste Film Treatment Factory is copleted Apr. 01, 1994 The Korea Resources Recovery and Reutillzation Corporation Act is put into effect Dec. 20, 1995 Construction of Shilhwa Waste Film Treatment Factory is copleted Mar. 31, 2000 Construction of strorage depots in 3 locations is completed Jun. 19, 2002 The headquarters of KOREACO moves onto the General Environmental Research Complex Aug. 29, 2002 KOREACO operates the Legal Waste Disposal Management System Nov. 07, 2002 Construction of intermediate treatment facillties for waste film recycling in 3 locations is completed Jan. 01, 2003 KOREACO operates the Extended Producers Responsibillty system Dec. 30, 2003 ENVICO's revised law is announced Jul. 01, 2004 The corporation name(KOREACO) is chaged into ENVICO Nov. 16, 2004 Construction of the Jeongup Waste Film Treatment Factory is completed Jan. 19, 2006 China Branch is launched in Beijing Feb. 21, 2006 Vietnam Branch is launched in Hanoi