Old Discarded Safety Helmets Not Destroyed... Ulsan City, Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency, and 3 Other Organizations and Companies Sign 'Upcycling' Agreement

[Asia Economy Yeongnam Reporting Headquarters Reporter Kim Yong-woo] A project to recycle old safety helmets by shredding them and then remanufacturing them with new materials is being launched in Ulsan.

Ulsan City is undertaking the nation's first upcycling project to transform discarded safety helmets into new ones.

To promote this project, Ulsan City announced that on the 7th at 2 p.m., it will sign a "Discarded Safety Helmet Upcycling Business Agreement" in the situation room on the 7th floor of the city hall main building.

The signing ceremony will be attended by Seo Jeong-wook, Deputy Mayor of Ulsan City; Song Byeong-chun, Managing Director of the Korea Occupational Safety and Health Agency; Won Jong-cheol, Head of Future Strategy Office at Korea Railroad Corporation; Byun Eui-hyun, CEO of Wusisan Co., Ltd.; and Choi Gyu-nam, CEO of Korea Mold Co., Ltd.

In addition to signing the agreement, lightweight safety helmets and indoor safety helmets made from discarded helmets will be exhibited in the city hall situation room, and banners made from recycled discarded PET bottles will be used.

The discarded safety helmet upcycling project involves collecting discarded helmets, sorting and shredding them, injecting new materials, and developing and selling new safety helmets.

Due to the composite physical properties of the materials, discarded helmets could not be recycled and over 500,000 units were incinerated annually. After several working meetings and product development, Ulsan City and partner organizations succeeded in trial production of lightweight safety helmets in August and are now signing this business agreement.

According to the agreement, Ulsan City will promote the recycling business and support purchasing by developing sales channels, while the Occupational Safety and Health Agency will oversee support for the project and provide technical assistance such as safety helmet certification.

Korea Railroad Corporation will provide discarded helmets generated within its own workplaces, and Wusisan Co., Ltd., a local social enterprise, will handle collection, sorting, and preprocessing as well as sales of the new helmets.

Development and manufacturing of the new safety helmet products will be carried out by Korea Mold Co., Ltd., a plastic injection molding specialist manufacturer based in Ulsan.

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