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Snack bags and plastic film packaging: how to dispose of it in Korea

Shake out crumbs or food and rinse areas with residue.

Plastic packaging

How to dispose of it

  1. Shake out crumbs or food and rinse areas with residue.
  2. Remove paper labels and attachments made from other materials where they can be separated.
  3. Gather clean film packaging so it will not blow away, then use the designated film-plastic collection method.

Before you put it out

  • Check the disposal instructions for film with food or grease that cannot be removed. Never put a bag still containing waste into recycling.
  • Thin rubber gloves, tablecloths and mixed-material products are not necessarily accepted with packaging film.

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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