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Clear PET water and drink bottles: how to dispose of it in Korea

Empty the drink and rinse away residue inside the bottle.

Plastic packaging

How to dispose of it

  1. Empty the drink and rinse away residue inside the bottle.
  2. Remove the label, flatten the bottle and close its cap. Sort the detached label according to your film-plastic collection instructions.
  3. Use the dedicated clear-PET collection bin or the method specified at your collection point.

Before you put it out

  • This guide is for colourless PET water and drink bottles. Clear cups, fruit trays and condiment containers are not interchangeable with that category.
  • Follow the plastics instructions for coloured PET bottles. Check your municipality or building for dedicated collection days and arrangements.

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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