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Hard beef, pork and chicken bones: how to dispose of it in Korea

Separate easily removable meat and food scraps from the bones and check the food-waste instructions for those scraps.

Food waste exclusions

How to dispose of it

  1. Separate easily removable meat and food scraps from the bones and check the food-waste instructions for those scraps.
  2. Sort hard bones as general waste and use the local paid general-waste bag.
  3. Pack sharp ends carefully so they do not tear the bag or injure someone handling it.

Before you put it out

  • Do not put large leftover bones into the food-waste bin. For scraps where bone and meat are difficult to separate, check the local detailed guidance.
  • Meat trays, absorbent pads and film must also be separated from bones and food scraps.

Sources & local guidance

Prepared by Pixelone, the developer of Korea Recycle Guide. Follow your municipality and building's current instructions when they differ from this general guide.

Guide reviewed: . This is not the source dataset's update date.

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