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Newspapers, books and magazines: how to dispose of it in Korea

Remove plastic wrapping and non-paper inserts from books and magazines.

Paper and cartons

How to dispose of it

  1. Remove plastic wrapping and non-paper inserts from books and magazines.
  2. Separate notebook springs and removable coated covers from the paper pages.
  3. Keep clean paper dry and bundle it or place it in the collection provided.

Before you put it out

  • Drink cartons such as milk and soy-milk packs are collected separately from ordinary newspapers and books.
  • Keep photographs, thermal receipts and heavily food-soiled paper out of clean paper recycling.

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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