CJ Logistics Advances Digital Transformation in Waste Management... Partnership with SK Eco

CJ Logistics has partnered with SK Ecoplant to ensure transparent and efficient management of waste. This collaboration is significant as it is an eco-friendly project jointly promoted by the number one logistics company and the top comprehensive environmental company in Korea, utilizing each company's expertise and infrastructure.

CJ Logistics announced on the 28th that it signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with SK Ecoplant to establish a circular ecosystem for waste resources.

To reduce waste, it is essential to accurately identify the current amount being generated. However, due to the nature of logistics centers where various goods from across the country converge, different types of waste are often mixed together, making it difficult to measure the exact types and quantities. Additionally, the waste management process follows the sequence of generation → collection and transportation → treatment, but since different entities handle each stage, it has been challenging to manage the entire value chain comprehensively.

To address these issues in the waste market, the two companies will digitize the management of all stages from waste generation to transportation and final treatment. For this purpose, they will utilize SK Ecoplant’s waste management solution called ‘WAYBLE.’ The core of this initiative is to enhance transparency and accuracy by enabling real-time monitoring of waste data, which has been difficult to measure until now. By analyzing waste generation patterns, unnecessary new resource use and waste can be reduced, while also expecting cost savings.

Hee-jun Kim, head of ESG at CJ Logistics (left), and Jae-yeon Jo, head of DT at SK Ecoplant, announced on the 28th that they signed a business agreement to establish a circular ecosystem for waste resources. Photo by CJ Logistics

CJ Logistics plans not only to digitize waste information but also to discover new opportunities for recycling to achieve Zero Waste. Zero Waste means minimizing waste generation as much as possible and recycling the remaining waste to effectively reduce actual emissions to ‘zero (0).’

To this end, CJ Logistics intends to directly recycle waste generated at logistics centers instead of processing it. This means converting waste into resources. CJ Logistics will use SK Ecoplant’s environmental infrastructure and technology to reproduce collected waste as recycled raw materials.

Kim Hee-jun, head of ESG at CJ Logistics, said, “The resource circulation we pursue is about transforming waste back into resources using innovative technology. By combining Korea’s largest logistics infrastructure secured by CJ Logistics with SK Ecoplant’s environmental infrastructure, we will build an independent resource circulation model.”

Jo Jae-yeon, head of DT at SK Ecoplant, said, “One of SK Ecoplant’s important goals is to innovate the environmental industry through digital technology and contribute to realizing a circular economy. We hope that by using WAYBLE, an innovative technology company like CJ Logistics will achieve transparent waste management and resource circulation, thereby increasing interest and participation in the circular economy across the industry.”

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