On March 29, 2022, the Ministry of Environment (MOE) published a notice to require the relevant enterprise to submit the delivery and import data1 of the products and packing materials before April 15, 2022.
Background information
As per Article 22 under the Enforcement Decree of the Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources2, the “producer obligated to recycle” shall submit to MOE the data about the quantity of products and packaging materials that are delivered/imported in the previous year by no later than April 15 each year. The “producer obligated to recycle” is either a manufacturer or an importer of the packaging materials subject to evaluation. |
1. Data to be Submitted:
Enterprises | Data to submit |
Producers obligated to recycle | (1) Records of delivered/imported quantity of the products and packaging materials subject to recyclability. (2) Attached documents:
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Enterprises eligible for exemption from data submission | (1) Confirmation Form of the Exception from Recyclability Obligation (2) Attached Documents:
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2. Situations of Exemptions from Data Submission
Category | Entity | Exemption Situations | ||||
Packing Materials [including the five kinds of films (except the PVC film)] | Manufacturer or importer of the products whose packaging materials are subject to recyclability or the five kinds of films | Types | Paper packs, metal cans, synthetic resin materials | Foamed synthetic resin materials | Glass bottles | |
Manufacturer | Sales amount | Less than 1 billion won (about 822 thousand dollars) | ||||
Delivery quantity | Less than 4 tons | Less than 0.8 tons | Less than 10 tons | |||
Importer | Import amount | Less than 300 million won (about 247 thousand dollars) | ||||
Delivery quantity | Less than 1 ton | Less than 0.3 tons | Less than 3 tons | |||
Products | Manufacturer or importer of the products subject to recyclability | - |
3. Products and Packaging Materials subject to Recyclability Obligation
Category | Products and Packaging Materials subject to Recyclability Obligation | |
Products | Batteries |
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Tires |
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Lubricating oil |
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Fluorescent lamps | Fluorescent lamps (including half-finished lamps for manufacturing fluorescent lamps containing mercury) | |
Buoys for farming marine products | Buoys for farming marine products (referring to buoys for farming marine products specified in the Korean Industrial Standards publicly notified under Article 11 of the Industrial Standardization Act9); | |
Sheet film for baled silage | Sheet film (referring to plastics made of synthetic resin used for compressing and binding forage crops, rice straws, etc.) for baled silage; | |
Racks of synthetic resin mats | Racks of synthetic resin mats (referring to racks used to dry laver among marine products defined in subparagraph 7 of Article 3 of the Framework Act on Fisheries and Fishing Villages Development10); | |
Products made of Synthetic resin |
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Films made of synthetic resin except for PVC |
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Packaging materials | Paper packs | Packaging materials of: Beverages, Agricultural/Aquatic/Livestock Products, Detergents,Cosmetics, Medicine and Quasi Drugs, Butane gas products, Insecticide and Sterilizer, Clothes, Sanitary paper products, Rubber gloves, etc. (In cases of paper packs, limited to paper packaging to which the synthetic resin foil or aluminum foil is attached.) |
Glass bottles | ||
Metal cans | ||
Synthetic resin packaging materials | Packaging materials of the final product (except the insecticides and toxic products contained in a plastic container) ※Antifreeze, brake liquids, and lubricating oil referred to in subparagraph 6 (limited to packaging materials made of synthetic resin) | |
Packaging materials of the Electrical machinery, etc. | Packaging materials in forms of film and sheet and shock-absorbing materials made of synthetic resin foam | |
Disposable bags and shopping bags | Disposable bags and shopping bags made of synthetic resin (excluding pay-as-you-go waste bags); |
4. Data Submission Method
Enterprises can submit the required data online via MOE's IEPR system11.