Effect analysis on waste recycling by introducing a new policy, “Environmental Assessment of Recycling,” for establishment of the ESG management system in the Republic of Korea

IF 3 4区环境科学与生态学 Q2 ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES

Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management Pub Date : 2024-02-09 DOI:10.1002/ieam.4896

Heung-Min Yoo, Jang-Hyun Kang, Sun-Ju Lee, Su-Han Jang, Young-Sam Yoon, Youngyeul Kang

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To move away from linear system mining–manufacture–production–disposal, most countries have been trying to establish a circular economy, by reusing waste as resources. Responding to this paradigm change, the Ministry of Environment of Korea amended the Wastes Control Act in the 2010s. To increase the recycling rate in Korea, the environmental assessment of recycling (EAR) has been introduced to improve the Wastes Control Act. The whole process of new recycling technologies can be assessed in terms of environmental or technical aspects by assessment institutes of the EAR. Finally, the governmental research institute can approve of an application case, which proves environmental friendliness, even if the technology is not defined in the current act. Recently, 17 companies have been coassessed and approved to recycle steel codes in waste tires as resources for iron smelting via assessments of the whole process, such as environmental analysis and quality assessment. The EAR has been enforcing recycling materials for six years, and the total profit of the companies that were approved was estimated to be approximately 55 million USD. However, many amendments to the EAR continue to be requested by stakeholders. In this study, the effect of the EAR was evaluated, and additional tasks were found to enhance the EAR. Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;20:1473–1485. © 2024 SETAC

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通过引入一项新政策 "回收利用环境评估"，对废物回收利用进行效果分析，以便在大韩民国建立 ESG 管理系统。

为了摆脱采矿-制造-生产-处置的线性系统，大多数国家一直在努力建立循环经济，将废物作为资源重新利用。为了应对这一模式的转变，韩国环境部在 2010 年代修订了《废物管理法》。为了提高韩国的回收利用率，韩国引入了回收利用环境评估（EAR）来完善《废物管理法》。EAR 的评估机构可以从环境或技术方面对新回收技术的整个过程进行评估。最后，政府研究机构可以批准证明环境友好性的应用案例，即使该技术在现行法令中没有规定。最近，通过对整个过程的评估，如环境分析和质量评估，有 17 家公司接受了联合评估，并获准回收废轮胎中的钢铁代码，作为炼铁的资源。EAR 执行回收材料已有 6 年，获批企业的利润总额估计约为 5500 万美元。然而，利益相关者仍要求对《环境影响评估报告》进行许多修订。在本研究中，对 EAR 的效果进行了评估，并发现了加强 EAR 的其他任务。Integr Environ Assess Manag 2024;00:1-13.© 2024 SETAC.

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Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCESTOXICOLOGY&nbs-TOXICOLOGY

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5.90

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6.50%

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156

期刊介绍： Integrated Environmental Assessment and Management (IEAM) publishes the science underpinning environmental decision making and problem solving. Papers submitted to IEAM must link science and technical innovations to vexing regional or global environmental issues in one or more of the following core areas: Science-informed regulation, policy, and decision making Health and ecological risk and impact assessment Restoration and management of damaged ecosystems Sustaining ecosystems Managing large-scale environmental change Papers published in these broad fields of study are connected by an array of interdisciplinary engineering, management, and scientific themes, which collectively reflect the interconnectedness of the scientific, social, and environmental challenges facing our modern global society: Methods for environmental quality assessment; forecasting across a number of ecosystem uses and challenges (systems-based, cost-benefit, ecosystem services, etc.); measuring or predicting ecosystem change and adaptation Approaches that connect policy and management tools; harmonize national and international environmental regulation; merge human well-being with ecological management; develop and sustain the function of ecosystems; conceptualize, model and apply concepts of spatial and regional sustainability Assessment and management frameworks that incorporate conservation, life cycle, restoration, and sustainability; considerations for climate-induced adaptation, change and consequences, and vulnerability Environmental management applications using risk-based approaches; considerations for protecting and fostering biodiversity, as well as enhancement or protection of ecosystem services and resiliency.