South Korea: Cement packaging will now be required to display information on waste materials used in production under the revised Waste Management Act, the Ministry of Climate, Energy and Environment has announced. The regulation mandates that packaging show the types and amounts of waste materials used as alternative raw materials. A ministry source said “The outer surface of the packaging will only display the types of waste materials input, and scanning the QR code will link to a detailed information page about heavy metals and other components.”
Combustible waste such as tyres is also used as kiln fuel. The ministry said that South Korea is the first country to legally require disclosure of the kinds of waste material used in cement. The government is also pursuing revisions to the Housing Act to ensure that the types of cement used in new buildings are publicly disclosed.