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Eunpyeong District, western Seoul, lends reusable tableware free of charge to visitors at the Mount Aengbong Family Campground. [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

From reusables to recycling, Seoul gets serious on reducing waste

Visitors at the city-run Mount Aengbong Family Campground in Eunpyeong District, western Seoul, can now borrow reusable tableware instead of bringing disposable products.

2026.5.10

A customer carries groceries in garbage bags, which are offered for bagging to be repurposed for trash disposal later, at a discount store in downtown Seoul on March 30. [NEWS1]

Why are Koreans disposed toward trash bag panic buying amid the Middle East conflict?

While much of the world reacts to the ongoing conflict between the U.S., Israel and Iran by stockpiling bottled water or canned goods, Koreans have turned their attention to a more domestic essential: plastic garbage bags.

2026.4.2

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A claw picks up trash at a bunker located at the Mapo Resource Recovery plant in western Seoul on Feb. 4. [PARK SANG-MOON]

직매립 금지 이후 드러난 서울의 쓰레기 위기

In January, the central government banned the direct landfilling of household waste across the greater Seoul area, including Gyeonggi and Incheon, cutting off a longstanding outlet for garbage that was buried without pretreatment.

2026.2.15

Inside Seoul’s trash troubles following landfill ban

2026.2.8

A garbage truck lies overturned at an intersection near Sinmokdong Station on Seoul Subway Line 9 in Yangcheon District, western Seoul, on Jan. 6. [YONHAP]

13 injured as garbage truck crashes into city bus after running red light

Thirteen people were injured in a collision between a garbage collection truck and a city bus near Sinmokdong Station on Seoul Subway Line 9 in Yangcheon District, western Seoul.

2026.1.6

Illegal garbage dumping warning banners in various foreign languages, including Vietnamese, hung by the Ulsan Dong District Office, are seen in major residential areas of the district. [ULSAN DONG DISTRICT OFFICE]

'The stench makes it hard to walk': Illegal garbage dumping stinking up Ulsan

Ulsan faces increased illegal garbage dumping, particularly among foreign nationals. Authorities are implementing measures including surveillance and multilingual education to address the issue.

2025.4.15

Older adults to receive carnations for Family Month

Employees from the Environmental Corporation of Incheon cultivate carnations using heat generated from garbage incineration on Tuesday.

2024.4.23

Garbage is piled up at a garbage dump under the Wonhyo Bridge that connects Yeouido and Yongsan on Sunday. [YONHAP]

Garbage problem at Seoul International Fireworks Festival less serious than expected

While over 1 million people gathered to watch the Seoul International Fireworks Festival on Saturday, which was held for the first time in three years due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the situation regarding waste from the festival turned out to be...

2022.10.10

A map showing the candidate site for a new incinerator plant to be built in Sangam-dong, Mapo District in western Seoul [SEOUL METROPOLITAN GOVERNMENT]

Seoul picks Mapo for big new garbage incinerator

Seoul City chose Sangam-dong in western Mapo District as the site of a big waste incineration plant — despite the fact that one exists there already.

2022.8.31

Some 50,000 tons of illegally abandoned waste was spotted in Mungyeong, North Gyeongsang, before it was wiped out in June last year. In place of the trash mountain, a set for a Korean drama series will begin construction next month, according to the local government. [MUNKYEONG CITY]

Korea finds new ways to dispose of and reuse its trash mountains

Backlogged mounds of garbage, otherwise known as trash mountains, across Korea's countryside are being transformed into parks, tourism spots and recreational facilities.

2021.10.20