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 Waste
Management System > Extended Producer
Responsibility |
 Outline |
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Extended Producer Responsibility means that the
producer bears a degree of responsibility for the products to
the end of their useful life by being imposed a mandatory recycling
amount on the products and paying recycling dues on the unfulfilled
amounts. |
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The responsibilities of the producer have mainly
been limited to developing the environmentally responsible products;
the new EPR system requires the producer to assume a broader
range of responsibility for the post-consumer stage. |
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Although the legal obligation of recycling is
on producers, the responsibilities are shared by all the participants
involved in the life-cycle of the products including consumers,
local governments, and the national government. |
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The underlying concept of EPR is that the producer
who decides on materials and designs of products should take
more responsibility for managing the environmental impacts of
their products throughout their life cycle. |
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The EPR is rapidly gaining ground in European,
South American and some Asian countries. |
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The system is not an entirely new concept to Korea,
because the Deposit-Refund system based on the Producer Responsibility
has been under way since 1992. |
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The EPR came into force on Jan. 1 of 2003. |
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Respective Roles |
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Consumers
(residents) |
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Separate discharge of the recyclable goods |
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Separately discharge packaging materials bearing
Separate Discharge Mark |
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Paper packages including milk-containing packs
and plastic dish containers also should be separately
discharged. |
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Local
Governments |
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Separate discharge of the recyclable goods |
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Public Relations activity on local residents
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Plastic containers, milk-containing packs- those
included in the mandatory separate discharge goods-should
also be separately discharged. |
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Responsible
Producers |
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Performance of the recycling obligation |
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National
Government
(Environment Dept.) |
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Law revision and general management of the system |
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Annual calculation and imposition of the mandatory
recycling amounts |
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Authorization of the establishment of PROs |
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| ENVICO |
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Performing overall direction regarding EPR operation
such as acceptance and approval of the implementation
plans |
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| Products
And Packages Subject To Mandatory Recycling |
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21 items including Four
Packages (paper packages, metal containers, glass containers,
packages composed of synthetic resin) and Five Products (tires,
lubricants, batteries, electric and electronic equipments, fluorescent
lights). |
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| Packages
Subject To Mandatory Recycling |
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Limited to Those falling under Category A are
used as packages of products falling under Category B. |
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Types of Packages |
B.
Types of Products |
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Paper packages
- Metal containers
- Glass containers
- Package of synthetic resin |
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Foods and drinking |
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under the Food Law |
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meat-, milk-, and egg-processed
goods under the Livestock Processing Law |
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Agricultural, marine and livestock
products (raw commodities) |
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Detergents |
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Cosmetics, shampoos & conditioners
for pet |
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Medical supplies, etc. |
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Butane gas |
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Insecticide |
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Electric and electronic equipment
buffer |
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| Common
Application Criteria |
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Packages subject to mandatory
recycling |
- Containers and packaging materials designated for being
used as packaging and containing the contents falling under
Category B for consumers' use
ex) In the case where two bottles of sesame oil packaged as
one set with a vinyl package are contained in a vinyl shopping
bag and reach the market with additional PP banding packages,
all packages used in all these processes are subject to mandatory
recycling. |
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Packages not subject to
mandatory recycling |
- Packages of the products intended for export
- Packages of the sample goods for research in research institutes
and organizations
- Paint containers, bottles of agricultural chemicals, waste
vinyl bags falling under Category A but not for Category B's
purpose
- Paper boxes, potteries, lumber for Category B's purpose but
not falling under Category A
- Boxes of beverage designed only for delivery of the goods
but not for consumers' use and recovered by suppliers
- Shopping bags and wrappings provided to consumers not by manufacturers
but by sellers at the point of sale |
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| Products
Subject to Mandatory Recycling |
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¢Ã Batteries
- Mercury-containing batteries, Oxidized silver batteries, Ni-Cd
Batteries, Lithium Batteries (primary cell)
¢Ã Tires
¢Ã Lubricants
¢Ã Electric and Electronic Equipment
- Television, Refrigerators, Washing machines (for household
use), Air conditioners (excluding car air conditioners)
- Personal computers (including monitors and key boards), Audio
equipment, Mobile phones (including batteries and rechargers)
¢Ã Fluorescent Lights
¢Ã Printers
¢Ã Copier
¢Ã Fax
* Discarded goods themselves are subject to mandatory recycling.
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| Products
With Built-in or Part Batteries |
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1. Calculators and electronic notebooks
2. Razors, hair-clippers and hair removers
3. Portable lights
4. Wire phones and wire communication tools
5. Wireless phones and wireless communication tools
6. Cameras
7. Watches
8. Toys for children
9. Instruments for recreation and indoor game appliances |
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| Businesses
Subject To Mandatory Recycling |
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- Products
Manufacturers and importers of the products subject to mandatory
recycling (regardless of the export or import volume)
- Packages |
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Operators of the business
places for the following uses and volume |
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Volume |
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Sellers and importers of agricultural,marine
and livestock commodities using synthetic resin
as packaging material such as dish containers |
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Sellers with an annual sale of 1 billion KRW
and above in the previous year |
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Sellers with sales of 500 million KRW and above
in the first half of the implementation year |
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Importers with an annual import of 300 million
KRW and above in the previous year |
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Importers with imports of 150 million KRW and
above in the first half of the implementation
year |
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Manufacturers and importers of foods and drink,
detergents, cosmetics, medical supplies, butane,
germicides, and insecticides, using paper packages,
glass bottles, metal containers, and synthesis
resin as packages |
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Manufacturers with an annual sale of 1 billion
KRW and above in the previous year |
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Manufacturers with sales of 500 million KRW
and above in the first half of the implementation
year |
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Importers with an annual import of 300 million
KRW and above in the previous year |
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Importers with imports of 150 million KRW and
above in the first half of the implementation
year |
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Manufacturers and importers of dish containers
and the other packages of materials such as PSP,
PET, PP, etc. |
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Manufacturers and importers of electric and
electronic equipment using expanded synthetic
resin as buffer |
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Manufacturers and importers of boxes made of
expanded synthetic resin(with the exception of
PSP) designed for containing agricultural, marine
and livestock commodities using materials of PSP
as packages |
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| Producers
Responsible Organization |
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A. Qualification for
establishing Producers Responsible Organizations
¢Ã Producers responsible
- Authorized
by the Minister of Environment
¢Ã Producers responsible organizations
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Authorized by the Minister of Environment
B. Roles of Producers Responsible Organizations
¢Ã Submitting implementation plans and
reports
¢Ã Performing recycling obligations
¢Ã Payment for recycling dues on unfulfilled
mandatory recycling amounts
C. Budget for operating Producers Responsible Organizations
¢Ã Recycling allotments by the members
of PRO |
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| Recyclers
Allowed to Recycle |
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¢Ã Registered in accordance
with Article 44, Clause 2, Waste Management Law
¢Ã Authorized as intermediate recyclers, general recyclers in
accordance with Article 26, Clause 4, Waste Management Law
¢Ã Equipped with treatment and collection facilities for spent
household appliances on the notification list by the Minister
of Environment (Korea Electronics Industry Association)
¢Ã Appointed in accordance with Article 23 of the above-mentioned
Law
¢Ã Manufacturers of secondary(recycled) goods in accordance with
Clause 5 of the above-mentioned Law
¢Ã The other recyclers on the notification list by the Minister
of Environment |
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| Methods
and Criteria of Recycling by Product / Packaging Material |
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Paper packages |
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Manufacture paper goods such as Tissue,
Buffer, Boxes |
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Manufacture secondary(recycled) paper and cardboard
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Export intended for future recycling |
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Glass bottle |
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A. |
Reuse by cleansing spent glass bottles
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Manufacture glass products or engineering / construction
material using spent glass bottles |
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Manufacture secondary(recycled) material such
as glass powder using spent glass bottles |
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Export intended for future recycling |
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Metal containers |
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Manufacture by compressing or crushing spent metal
containers or export for recycling |
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PET(polyethylene
terephthalate) |
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To be recycled according to one of
the following methods, ensuring that the export
of PET is under 20% of the total recycling amount
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Manufacture recycling materials using
spent plastics
(In the case of flakes and fluff, however, they
are limited to those cleaned) |
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Manufacture reprocessed goods using spent plastic
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Export intended for future recycling |
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EPS |
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Manufacture recycling materials using
spent EPS |
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Manufacture reprocessed goods using spent EPS
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Manufacture coated textile goods or fireproof
products |
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Export intended for future recycling |
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Packages of synthetic
resin |
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Oil manufacturing
(Spent oil, however, shall be recycled in an appropriate
manner in accordance with No. 6, Attached Form No.
4 of Waste Management Law) |
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Manufacture solid fuel products |
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Recycle in accordance with energy collection
criteria |
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Export intended for future recycling |
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Batteries |
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Safely disposing after collecting metal materials
used for chemical responses |
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Tires |
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To be recycled according to one of
the following methods but the amount of recycling
under F shall be under 80% of the total recycling
amount until 2008 and under 70% from 2009. |
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Manufacture the simply-processed
products using spent tires |
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Manufacture recycling materials (rubber powder,
etc.) using spent tires |
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Oil manufacturing using spent tires
(Spent oil, however, shall be recycled in an appropriate
manner in accordance with No. 6, Attached Form.
No. 4 of the Waste Management Law) |
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Manufacture methane alcohol using spent tires
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To be recycled in accordance with energy collection
criteria |
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To be treated in the calcination tunnel of cement
manufacturing facilities |
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Utilize of spent tires as water-proof materials
in landfill |
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Export intended for future recycling |
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Lubricant |
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Manufacture refined oil in an appropriate manner
in accordance with No 6, Attached form. No. 4 of
the Waste Management Law |
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Electric and electronic
equipment |
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Reuse the recyclable parts through
intermediate reprocessing such as dissembly, crushing,
compression, severance or material recycling.
In terms of Recycling and reusing rate : TV and
personal computers shall be over 55% by 2005 and
over 65% from 2006; refrigerators, audio equipment,
and mobile phones over 60% by 2005 and over 70%
from 2006; and washing machines and air conditioners
over 70% by 2005 and over 80% from 2006.Provided,
to recycle refrigerators, refrigerants such as chloride
carbonfluorid (excluding those whose ozone destruction
index B zero) shall be safely and separately collected;
for personal computers and mobile phones, valuable
metal of PCBs (Prmt cirauit boards) be withdrawn
safely; mobile phone batteries be recycled under
the methed and criteria of clause 7 above. |
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Export intended for recycling |
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Fluorescent lights |
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The glasses of fluorescent
lights should be used to manufacture the material
for glass products and mercury should be collected
in the form of metal or synthetic mercury. |
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Recycling should be done in
an appropriate manner complying with the methods
and criteria of recycling notified as necessary
by the Minister of Environment. |
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| System
Flow |
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| Imposition
of the mandatory recycling amount |
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Imposition of the recycling obligation
on the producers of products and packages
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Announcement of the amount
of separately collected recyclable material
by municipal and provincial governors |
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Notice of the total annual
mandatory recycling amount by item in consideration
of the separately collected amounts notified
by the Minister of Environment |
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| Performance
of the recycling obligation |
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Producers to undertake recycling obligations
by the following methods |
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¨ç Recycling by themselves
¨è Contracting out recycling to the recyclers
¨é Paying an allotment by joining PROs (Producers
Responsible Organizations) |
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Recycling by getting permission after
submitting the implementation plan to ENVICO
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| Sanctions |
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Recycling dues to be levied
on the unfulfilled amount after closure
of the year |
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Producers or PROs (Producers
Responsible Organization) who failed to
comply with the recycling obligation |
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Recycling dues
= (Unfulfilled mandatory recycling amount
¡¿ recycling standard expense ¡¿ recycling
expense calculation index) + surcharge |
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Surcharge shall be applied
in grades according to the rate of the unperformed
recycling amount up to 30% |
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| Work
Flow |
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| Sanctions |
Due date
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Submit the delivery record of products
and packages of the previous year
(Producer->ENVICO)
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Announce the total amount of the mandatory recycling
by item
(Minister of Environment)
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Submit the implementation plan
(& approve the plan)
(PROs, Producers <->ENVICO)
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Mar. 31
Dec. 31
Jan. 30
(within 30 days) |
| Perform recycling obligatorn |
for the implementation year |
Submit the implementation report
(PROs, Producers -> ENVICO)
Investigate the performance of the obligation
(ENVICO->Recyclers)
Notify of the payment of recycling due
(ENVICO->PROs, Producers)
Payment of the recycling due
(PRO, Producer->Environment-related special accounting)
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Mar. 31 of the next year
June. 15 of the next year
July. 05 of the next year |
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| Ledgers
to be preserved Period |
Period |
Form |
Producers
Responsible |
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Ledgers of the manufacturing
and importation of the products and packages |
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Ledgers of the collection
and recycling of the products and packages |
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5 years |
Attached Form.
No. 18
Attached Form.
No. 19 |
| Recyclers |
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Ledgers of the collection
and recycling of the products and packages |
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5 years |
Attached Form.
No. 19 |
PROs
(Producers
Responsible
Organizations) |
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Ledgers of the collection
and recycling of the products and packages |
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(Also available are copies of the
books if recycling is consigned) |
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Attached Form.
No. 19 |
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* Documents, tapes and diskettes, etc. can
be used to preserve and document the ledgers.
* Ledgers of the manufacture and import of the products and
packages shall be preserved and documented by
producers responsible.
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| Criteria
for Setting the Recycling Dues |
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Submission of implementation
plan |
¢Ã Subject
- Producers responsible
- PROs (Producer Responsible Organizations)
¢Ã Period : by Jan. 31
¢Ã Receptionists : ENVICO branches
¢Ã Attachment :
- Types and volumes of recycling facilities
- Plans oncollecting / delivering the products and packages
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Apporoval or disappoval
of the management plan |
¢Ã The administrator shall announce whether to approve or not
in not later than 30days after accepance date.
¢Ã The implementation plan shall be submitted again after modification
in not later than 20 days after disapproval. |
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Modification of the implementation
plan |
| The documentation including necessary evidences shall be submitted
for approval in not later than 30 days after the need to modify
the plan arises. |
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Submission of the implementation
report |
¢Ã Subject
- Producers responsible (excluding PRO members)
- PROs
¢Ã Period : by the end of Mar. of the next year, and annually
thereafter
¢Ã Receptionists : ENVICO branches |
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Calculation and imposition
of the recycling dues and the unfuifilled mandatory recycling
amount |
¢Ã Producers who failed to submit the delivery record
- Total amount of the recycling obligation calculated by the
certified delivery amount
¢Ã Producers or PROs who failed to submit the implementation
plans or implementation report of the recycling obligation
- Total amount of the mandatory recycling
¢Ã Producers or PROs who failed to meet the mandatory recycling
amount
- The unfulfilled mandatory recycling amount |
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Calculation of the recycling
dues |
| (the unfulfilled mandatory recycling amount × standard
expense of recycling × recycling calculation index ) +
surcharge in proportion to the unperformed recycling obligation
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Imposition and acceptance
period |
¢Ã Periodical imposition
- Impose by June 15 of the year following the implementation
year / Accept by July 5.
¢Ã Occasional imposition
- Impose any time when the delivery amount of the producers
who failed to comply with the recycling obligation after closure
of the implementation year is verifed / Accept within 20 days
of the imposition day. |
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Payment method |
| Paid to banks in accordance with the delivered written notice
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Sanctions on the default
dues |
¢Ã No payment within payment period
- The dues with a surcharge of 5% of the recycling dues shall
be paid in not later than 30 days after payment period.
¢Ã After the surcharge payment period expires
- The payment failure shall be addressed according to the disposition
of national taxes in arrears |
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| Standard
Expense for Recycling Products and Packages |
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Types |
Standard
expense |
Packaging
Materials
of following products
- Foods & Drinking,
- Detergents,
- Cosmetics,
- Medical supplies,
- Butane gas,
- Insecticides |
A. Paper cartons |
185
KRW / kg |
| B. Glass
bottles |
34
KRW / kg |
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Metal containers |
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(1) Iron containers |
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(2) Aluminium containers |
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87 KRW / kg
151 KRW / kg |
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Synthetic resin packages |
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(1) EPS packages |
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(2) PVC packages |
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(3) PET packages |
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a. Transparent
PET bottle
b. Colored
PET bottle
c. PET
bottles made up of mixed materials |
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(4) Packages of other singular materials |
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(5) Other composit materials |
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317
KRW / kg
981 KRW / kg
178 KRW / kg
235 KRW / kg
360 KRW / kg
237 KRW / kg
467 KRW / kg |
| Batteries |
A. Mercury-containing batteries |
39.6
KRW / kg |
| B. Oxydated
silver batteries |
35.5
KRW / kg |
| C. Ni-Cd
batteries |
0.78
KRW / kg |
| D. Lithium
batteries (primary battery) |
0.8
KRW / kg |
| Tires |
Tires |
30
KRW / kg |
| Lubricants |
Lubricants |
20
KRW / kg |
Electric
and
Electronic
Equipments |
A. TVs |
165
KRW / kg |
| B. Refrigerators |
131
KRW / kg |
| C. Washing
Machines |
122
KRW / kg |
| D. Air
Conditioners |
89
KRW / kg |
| E. Personal
Computers |
165
KRW / kg |
| F. Audio
Equipments |
194
KRW / kg |
| G. Mobile
Phones |
2,634
KRW / kg |
| H. Printers |
367
KRW / kg |
| I. Copiers |
239
KRW / kg |
| J. Fax |
378
KRW / kg |
| Fluorescent
Lights |
Fluorescent Lights |
143
KRW / kg |
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* Notes
1. The standard recycling expense for a glass bottle whose lid
can be separated is twice as much as that of whose lid isn't
separable.
2. The standard recycling expense for a metal container whose
lid can be separated is twice as much as that of those whose
lid isn't separable.
3. The weight of the package shall be calculated in consideration
of all the parts of the packages such as lids and stoppers regardless
of the material quality.
4. The packages of composite material mean those made of more
than one synthetic resin or all kinds of the material coated
or joined (paper material should be joined by synthetic resin
on both sides)
5. Lubricants should be for the internal combustion engine or
gears
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| Surcharges
in proportion to the Amount of the Unperformed Recycling Obligation |
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| Rate of
unperformed recycling obligation |
under
5% |
over
5% and under 15% |
over
5% and under 30% |
over
30% |
| Surcharge |
recycling
expense per unit ¡¿ amount of theunperformed mandatory
recycling ¡¿ 15/100 |
recycling
expense per unit ¡¿ amount of the unperformed mandatory
recycling ¡¿20/100 |
recycling
expense per unit ¡¿ amount of the unperformed mandatory
recycling ¡¿ 25/100 |
recycling
expense per unit ¡¿ amount of the unperformed mandatory
recycling ¡¿ 30/100 |
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