South Korea / Seoul
Volume-based household waste pricing, South Korea
This entry is scoped, not researched. What follows is the structure of the study and what is already known from public sources. The findings, impact and assessment sections stay empty until the field visit has happened. It will not be marked published until the limitations and what-did-not-work sections are complete.
Overview
Households pay for residual waste disposal by volume, through prescribed bags or metered food waste bins, so the cost of disposal is felt at the point of disposal.
- Country
- South Korea
- City
- Seoul
- Waste streams
- municipal solid waste, food
- SDGs
- SDG 11, SDG 12
Problem
Where waste disposal is paid for through general taxation, the household that reduces its waste sees no benefit and the household that increases it pays no more.
Solution
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
How it works
- 01Residual waste must be presented in purchased, prescribed bags.
- 02Food waste is separated and charged by weight or volume.
- 03Recyclables are collected separately without the same charge.
Stakeholders
- Households
- Municipal authorities
- National environment ministry
Technology
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Economics
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Policy
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Citizen participation
Not yet researched
To be documented during the field visit.
Environmental impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.
Limitations
Required before publication
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What did not work
Required before publication
The failed attempts are usually more instructive than the successful ones, and they are the first thing left out of most published case studies. They are not optional here.
India applicability
Not yet researched
No transfer assessment can be made before the system has been seen working and its dependencies understood. Anything published here will be labelled a proposal until a pilot reports.
Circular Journey assessment
Not yet researched
Our own reading of the evidence, written after the field visit and labelled as analysis rather than fact.
Sources
Not yet researched
Sources are added as the research produces them. The full register is at /sources.
Social impact
Not yet researched
Impact figures are only published where they have been measured and sourced. Nothing is estimated to fill the gap.