KT Engineering Ventures into Upcycling 'Waste Plastic to Building Materials'

Collaboration with Ifreant, a Research Institute Company for Rare Earth Recycling

[Asia Economy Reporter Minyoung Cha] KT Engineering, a 'Green ICT Engineering' specialist company under KT Group, announced on the 12th that it will newly promote an upcycling business that produces construction materials from waste resources.

KT Engineering is promoting the upcycling business in collaboration with ePlant, a waste resource recycling research startup located in the Daedeok Research and Development Special Zone. Upcycling is a technology that reproduces waste such as plastic and vinyl waste, which are otherwise non-recyclable and disposed of by landfill or incineration, as substitutes for steel and cement.

On the 1st, KT Engineering and ePlant signed a 'Business Agreement for Realizing Carbon Neutrality by 2050 Using Waste Recycling Resources' with Daejeon Seo-gu Office to address the issue of waste vinyl/plastic by applying this technology.

The two companies plan to reproduce waste plastic and vinyl residues generated in Seo-gu, Daejeon City, into construction materials and apply them to a pilot project for resource circulation streets within Seo-gu. They also plan to apply for the 'Green Certification,' a mark of eco-friendly technology, for the reproduced construction materials.

Lee Sugil, Executive Director of KT Engineering's Business Division, stated, "We will continue to discover small and medium-sized enterprise partners with core technological competitiveness in the environmental field. We will also expand cooperation with other local governments to actively contribute to realizing the government's 2050 carbon neutrality."

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