In 2022, the amount of domestic trash generated per person per day in South Korea reached 1.2 kilograms. Jeju island generated the highest average daily volume of municipal waste per capita out of the South Korean provinces and produced a higher per capita volume than the national amount of domestic trash.
South Korean waste management
To manage resources and limited land effectively, South Korea made recycling an obligation, and noncompliance results in a fine. Since the introduction of the recycling bill in 2017, the yearly volume of recycled waste in South Korea has increased significantly. As South Korea has extensive industry and construction sectors, they make up more than three-fourth of the distribution of waste produced in South Korea. Municipal waste only made up around 8.5 percent of total amount of waste produced.
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