General Support for the Recycling Industry > Construction of Eco-park
Objective
  To enhance the competitiveness of the recycling industry and nurture it as a high value industry in the 21st century by creating a specialized complex for recycling through joint cooperation of central and local governments
To contribute to saving production cost and enhancing the competitiveness of recycling companies in the complex by sharing information and logistical facilities, and throush joint treatment of environment polluting substances, and joint R&D, and information sharing
 
Business Overview
  Eliminate environmental pollution problems and the difficulty of securing land for small recycling businesses
  Save production costs of wasted resources and intermediate products
  Apply and spread verified recycling technology (recycled oil production technology, automated separate discharge of composite waste plastic, etc.)
  To prepare for the age of high oil prices, Korea need to establish a framework for a waste resource recycling system like the recycling industry complex in order to save production costs.
Legal Background
  Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources, Article 34
(Creation of Recycling Complex and others)
 
Direction
  Central (Ministry of Environment) and local governments jointly cover the construction cost for the eco-park and build public facilities including rental land, joint logistical facilities, waste water treatment facilities, management buildings, etc.
 
The park will attract the following:
  Industries that apply technology verified in the research of national technology development businesses
  Items with high efficiency of waste treatment despite their low recycling rate (e.g. plastics)
  Other recycling businesses residing in the region under the jurisdiction of certain local governments
Expected Outcome
  Promotion of the recycling industry
- Establish a foundation for nurturing the recycling industry by resolving the difficulty in securing land
- Improve the quality of recycling products and pursue sales promotion by strengthening complementary functions through systemization and correlation between businesses, and exchanges of technology and information
- Enhance productivity and profitability by saving investment and production costs through the installation and use of joint facilities
  In terms of society and economy
- Activate regional economy through job creation
- Establish a recycling industry complex that enables the reduction of logistics costs and the joint treatment of waste and waste water
  In terms of the environment
- Gather small recycling businesses in a complex to assist in the effective treatment of secondary polluted substances generated from recycling procedures
- Prevent exhaustion of limited resources and environmental damage and thus contribute to the environmental preservation of national land
- Shift the current negative sentiment toward waste treatment and facilities to a more positive view. In particular, as a result of NIMBY sentiment, most wastes have gone to landfill and incinerators. The construction of the eco-park would help to foster a more positive view of waste treatment.
Outcome
  March 2005: Enacted “Operation Regulation on Eco-park Construction Committee”
  April 2005: Established a construction plan of Eco-park
  July 2005: Designated a subject city for Eco-park
Selection result: Jeonju was selected as a subject city for demonstration project of Eco-park
Demonstrative Project of Eco-park Construction: Jeonju City
  Overview
- Title: Eco park in Jeonju city
- Location: Wansan-gu, Jeonju city
   Size: Designated area: 80,592§³ (24,379 pyeong)
           Construction area: 80,592§³ (24,379 pyeong)
           Sale in lots: 56,414§³ (17,065 pyeong)
- Project period: 2006 ~ 2007(2 years)
- Method(Business implementation management) : Public management(ENVICO)
- Attracted businesses : Mostly waste plastic(including waste PET and waste EPS)
- Gross business cost: 17.1 billion won(50% from the Treasury, 50% from local budget)
      ¤ý1st year(2006) : 5.85 billion won, 2nd year(2007) : 11.25 billion won
- Contents: Purchase and prepare the ground, Install basic and incidental facilities