MSW Collection in Korea
As previously stated, in Korea, it is the local governments’ responsibility to collect MSW while all
citizens are obligated to separate their wastes into recyclables, non-recyclables, and food wastes before
disposing of their wastes. The MSW collecting system in Korea is based on a door-to-door collecting
system as shown in Figure 10, with some exceptions such as in multi-family buildings and in
communities that have communal stations for waste disposal [17].