Eunpyeong-gu - BYN Black Yak Establish High-Value Eco-Friendly Product Production System

Eunpyeong-gu and BYN Black Yak signed a business agreement on the 19th. (Left: Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu; Right: Kang Tae-sun, CEO of BYN Black Yak)

[Asia Economy Reporter Park Jong-il] The high-quality transparent PET bottles from Eunpyeong Green Moa Moa have opened the way to becoming high value-added eco-friendly products by meeting the technological capabilities of BYN Black Yak.

Eunpyeong-gu (Mayor Kim Mi-kyung) announced on the 19th that it signed a business agreement with Black Yak to establish a resource circulation industry model that recycles transparent PET bottles collected by Eunpyeong Green Moa Moa.

This is being recognized as an exemplary case of cooperation between local governments and companies to build a high-quality resource circulation system using domestically produced PET bottles (K-rPET: Korea Recycled PET), not imported waste materials.

Mayor Kim Mi-kyung has emphasized that promoting resource circulation is an important strategy of the Green New Deal that enables sustainable development and a carbon-neutral economy. Eunpyeong-type Green New Deal, which aims to promote resource circulation by improving the recycling separation system, is precisely Eunpyeong Green Moa Moa.

The mixed disposal method of recyclables in single-family housing areas had problems such as high costs for sorting and contamination by food waste, which lowered the value of recyclables.

Through residents’ consent, Eunpyeong Green Moa Moa separates and disposes of recyclables into eight categories, including transparent PET bottles, at 10 to 20 designated collection points in each village on specified days and times.

By disposing of items in a clean state of "empty, rinse, separate, and not mixed" (Bihangbunseok), the value of recyclables is increased, and the collected items are sold immediately without separate sorting, reducing processing costs.

Using portable recycling bins that are easy to install and dismantle, it overcomes space constraints for collection, and after operation, the bins are removed to prevent environmental pollution caused by illegal dumping.

This has also achieved great results in the government’s transparent PET bottle separation policy. Through the cooperation with Black Yak, the transparent PET bottles collected by Eunpyeong Green Moa Moa have been recognized for their quality as suitable for high value-added recycling.

Kim Mi-kyung, Mayor of Eunpyeong-gu, stated, “Through the cooperation between Eunpyeong-gu and Black Yak, we will turn the recycling crisis caused by COVID-19 into an opportunity for sustainable growth. We hope it will grow into a model high value-added resource circulation industry using transparent PET bottles so that all our citizens can experience the eco-friendly Green New Deal.”

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