Korea Real Estate Board Partners with E-Circular Governance for Electronic Waste Recycling

The Korea Real Estate Board announced on the 10th that it has signed a business agreement with E-Circular Governance to establish a resource circulation system for electrical and electronic products.

Son Tae-rak, President of Korea Real Estate Board (left), and Jeong Deok-gi, Chairman of E-Circular Governance, are posing for a commemorative photo after signing a business agreement to establish an electronic product resource circulation system on the 9th. / Photo by Korea Real Estate Board

E-Circular Governance is a non-profit public interest corporation authorized by the Ministry of Environment. It collaborates with the government, public institutions, companies, and civic groups to establish a proper resource circulation system for waste electronic products and carries out cooperative projects to promote resource circulation. As part of fulfilling the social responsibility of public institutions and practicing eco-friendly management, the Real Estate Board decided to participate in the resource circulation program for electrical and electronic products.

According to this agreement, the Real Estate Board will hand over end-of-life waste electronic products such as PCs, monitors, and office terminals to E-Circular Governance, which will carry out the collection and eco-friendly recycling of the waste electronic products.

All processes from the disposal stage to collection and recycling will be conducted under the management and verification of the Korea Environment Corporation. The Real Estate Board plans to use all profits generated from resource circulation activities for social contribution activities.

Son Tae-rak, President of the Real Estate Board, said, "We are honored to contribute to carbon reduction activities by establishing a sustainable resource circulation system," adding, "We will take the lead not only in fostering an eco-friendly and resource circulation culture but also in global Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) activities for the development of eco-friendly and green buildings."

Jung Deok-gi, Chairman of E-Circular Governance, said, "This agreement has become an opportunity to open the way for the realization of electronic product resource circulation as the first public institution in the Daegu region," and added, "We hope that this will spread the positive influence of resource circulation throughout the local community."

The Real Estate Board is leading as an ESG pioneer institution by joining the UN Global Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs) initiative and becoming the first public institution to join the Global Alliance for Buildings and Construction (Global ABC) under the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP).

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