General Support for the Recycling Industry > Comprehensive Information on Environment Resources
Overview
  Objective
ENVICO collects, analyzes and processes various information on waste/recycling, and produces and manages waste-related statistics, so as to rapidly provide the information to recycling businesses and related organizations who lack the ability of information collection and utilization.
  Government Authorized Statistics Produced by ENVICO
ENVICO was designated as a statistics producing institution on Dec. 2, 2002 by the Korea National Statistical Office in accordance with the Enforcement Ordinance of Statistics Law, Article 4. We produce and manage 6 kinds of government authorized statistics, and create and distribute free-of-charge publications.
¢Ć Publication of Recyclable Resource Market Trends (Authorization no. 39201) (monthly)
- Provides information on domestic and international economic status, material market trends, and market trends and expectations of recyclable resources, as a way to stabilize recycling production and the distribution market and promote the recycling industry.

¢Ć Waste Reduction Status of Large Amounts of Waste Generators (Authorization no.39202) (yearly)
- Provides information on the volume of waste generated and waste reduction performance. It is based on data inputted on the homepage of the Electronic Waste Manifest System (www.wms-net.or.kr) by businesses generating designated wastes and general wastes.

¢Ć Recycling Performance of Designated Recycling Businesses (Authorization no.39203) (yearly)
- Provides information on recycling performance including production and usage volume of recyclable resources at designated recycling businesses manufacturing paper, glass containers, and steel.

¢Ć Waste Recycling Performance Statistics (Authorization no.39204) (yearly)
- Provides data on the status of permission of intermediate treatment businesses and recycling report businesses, and recycling performance by waste class. The information is used to nurture the industry and establish policy, and is provided to start-ups and exporters, etc.

¢Ć Agricultural Waste Survey (Authorization no.39205) (yearly)
- Provides data on the volume of production, collection, and recycling of agricultural wastes (waste plastic and empty agrichemical bottles). The information is used for establishing government policies and ENVICO's plans on agricultural waste collection and treatment.

¢Ć Environment Industry Statistical Survey (Authorization no.10161)
- Provides data on the status of businesses that fall under five categories (e.g. ”°pollution management related manufacturers”±) and includes business contents, sales, investment volume, export volume, employee number, and number of certificate-holding personnel. The companies, among 9 environment industries classified by the OECD, are those whose statistics are comparatively easier to generate. The survey is used for establishing and assessing policy on the national environment industry and technology.
 
Overview
  "Environment Resources Information" System
ENVICO's "Environment Resources Information" homepage provides a variety of information on waste recycling.
¢Ć Recycling Statistical Information
- Provides statistics on waste, a database, and online publications, all offered and managed by ENVICO.
* Environment industrial statistics will be provided from the end of 2006.

¢Ć Information on Waste Recycling Trends
- Data on domestic and international waste management regulations, and recycling policies and systems can all be searched.

¢Ć Recycling Technology Information Bank
- Provides information on recycling technology including recycling technology patents, national research subjects, research theses, ENVICO reports, etc.

¢Ć Waste Recycling Experts Pool
- Register and search for the academic backgrounds, career histories, major researches, etc. of environment and waste recycling experts.

¢Ć Environment Industry Information
- Search for environment-related businesses such as intermediate treatment (specialized in recycling) and reporting companies, equipment producing companies, etc.

¢Ć Institution Publicity
- Summaries of waste management and recycling promotions made easy-to-understand for the public. Introductions on each institution and searches on major contents are available.
  Environment Resources E*news
Information on market trends, recycling business status, ENVICO news, etc. are provided via email in real-time to the users involved in business establishment, loans, and exports.
  Inquiry on Information Provision and Publication Subscriptions
Office of Industry Promotion, ENVICO (032-560-1651~4 , e-mail : storage@envico.or.kr)