A Study on the Calculation of the Standard Recycling Cost of PVC Profiles and Flooring Waste in Korea-Reference-Cited by-同舟云学术

A Study on the Calculation of the Standard Recycling Cost of PVC Profiles and Flooring Waste in Korea

Published:2023-03-29 Issue:2 Volume:8 Page:37
ISSN:2313-4321
Container-title:Recycling
language:en
Short-container-title:Recycling

Author:

Kim Do-Wan¹^ORCID,Kim Kyung²,Baek Choong-Real¹,Phae Chae-Gun¹

Affiliation:

1. Department of Energy and Environment, Graduate School of Convergence Science, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea

2. Institute of Environmental Technology, Seoul National University of Science and Technology, Seoul 01811, Republic of Korea

Abstract

The Voluntary Agreement for Collecting and Recycling Plastic Waste (VA), including polyvinyl chloride (PVC) profiles and flooring materials, will be converted to an Extended Producer Responsibility (EPR) system from 2023. The objective of this study is to calculate the standard recycling cost and the recycling market size for preparing the new system. Among the total recycling companies participating in the VA, a cost analysis was conducted for 11 profile businesses (35% of the total businesses) and seven flooring businesses (58% of the total businesses). As a result, the standard recycling cost was calculated as 0.45 USD/kg for PVC profiles and 0.36 USD/kg for PVC flooring materials. As of 2020, the total market size is 1135 million USD (5.86 million USD for PVC profiles and 5.49 million USD for PVC flooring materials). Our research shows that few countries have nationally managed accurate data regarding PVC profiles and flooring waste. Compared to the European Union (EU), the total amount of recycled PVC products in Korea seems lower, but the recycling rate per capita is higher. This study can provide basic data about the recycling industry for the recycling academia and the manufacturing field.

Publisher

MDPI AG

Subject

Management, Monitoring, Policy and Law,Waste Management and Disposal,General Materials Science

Link

https://www.mdpi.com/2313-4321/8/2/37/pdf

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