Plastic Waste Resource Circulation Project ... BPA Promotes 'Plastic Mill in Busan'

The opening ceremony of 'Plastic Mill in Busan' is currently underway.

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Hwang Du-yeol] Busan Port Authority (BPA) is promoting a project for the recycling of waste plastics in collaboration with public institutions in the Busan area.

On the 27th, BPA and other public institutions participated in the opening ceremony of 'Plastic Mill in Busan' held at the underground shopping center in Jungang-dong, Busan, where they inspected the status of equipment introduction necessary for plastic recycling and discussed future operation plans.

'Plastic Mill in Busan' was initiated after the Busan Environmental Movement Federation proposed the project to the Busan Regional Problem-Solving Platform.

To establish a new plastic reprocessing system within the Busan area, 13 institutions including BPA participated in the project.

In the project, plastics (HDPE, PP) collected by public institutions and citizens are washed and crushed, then melted at a high temperature of 270℃ to be reborn as products such as tube squeezers, keychains, and cup coasters. The manufactured products are returned to the institutions and citizens who provided the waste plastics.

BPA supported the purchase costs of plastic extruders and injection molding machines necessary for plastic resource circulation and directly collected and sorted 100 kg of plastics generated at Busan Port to provide them.

To encourage participation from many citizens, 'Plastic Mill in Busan' has set up collection points at three locations: Busan Environmental Movement Federation, Eco Unniya, and Busan Green Purchasing Support Center.

Citizens who bring in more than 100g of plastic receive upcycled products as a reward.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, "Through this project, we will strive to ensure that waste plastics generated in the Busan area are recognized as resources, and we hope that active resource circulation will create various added values such as increased production of upcycled products and greenhouse gas reduction."

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