BPA·HJNC Sign MOU for Creating a Waste-Free Busan Port

Busan Port Authority (BPA) signed a business agreement on the 16th with Hanjin Busan Container Terminal (HJNC), the operator of Pier 3 at Busan New Port, to realize a PET upcycling resource circulation system through the 'Waste-Free Busan Port Creation Project.'

Since 2021, BPA has been continuously practicing a resource circulation project that upcycles discarded PET bottles from its headquarters and passenger facilities such as Busan Port International Passenger Terminal to produce blankets, which are then donated to vulnerable groups in the local community.

With this agreement, the resource circulation system at Busan Port is expected to expand further by recycling not only waste PET generated at Busan Port passenger facilities but also PET generated at HJNC.

Busan Port Authority President Kang Jun-seok (third from left) and representatives from BPA and Hanjin Busan Container Terminal are signing an agreement.

This will also invigorate the senior job projects run by local governments that provide regional employment. The label and foreign substance removal work for PET upcycling, conducted in collaboration with Dong-gu Senior Club, was previously limited to once a week in the afternoon, but starting this year, it will be carried out both in the morning and afternoon.

The upcycled PET will be used not only to make blankets but also safety vests, which will be distributed to port workers. After the joint project with HJNC, BPA plans to consider expanding the implementation to all terminal operators at Busan Port.

Kang Jun-seok, President of BPA, said, "This business agreement is significant as it marks the first step toward expanding a waste-free resource circulation system at Busan Port in cooperation with private terminal operators," adding, "We hope that this resource circulation project will be expanded to the entire Busan Port in the future."

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