President Jang Joon-young of Korea Envionment Corp. (K-eco) attends a virtual ceremony in which he signed an MOU on climate change response with municipal and local governments of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Nov. 2. (Photos: K-eco)

Korea Environment Corp. (K-eco) signed an MOU on a climate change response with municipal and local governments of Ulan Bator, the capital of Mongolia, on Nov. 2. The signing of the MOUs took place virtually due to the spread of the COVID-19 pandemic.

The agreements were designed to spearhead the international community’s climate change response. A new climate change regime is to be launched in 2021, replacing the Kyoto Protocol.

The takeaways of the deals include the establishment of a plan to utilize methane gases from a waste land fill site in Ulan Bator and the conducting of a feasibility and collaboration in a pilot project to supply an eco-friendly heating system to Sukhbaatar residents.

K-eco plans to capture and analyze methane gases being emitted by the Narangjin dumping site in Ulan Bator as well as present optimal ways of utilizing the landfill gases to the Mongolian site. .

The Korean corporation also plans to implement a pilot project to supply 300 units of a heating system using animal and plant oil and fat. K-eco will evaluate how much the projects will reduce greenhouse gas emissions and decide whether they will be expanded in the future.

Cho Kang-hee, head of K-eco’s climate and air division, said, “the MOUs have presented collaboration models to implement greenhouse gas emission reduction projects between countries in accordance with the Paris climate change agreement.” Both sides will make efforts to promote mutual cooperation for the successful implementation of the projects, he said.

The grand prize in the junk art category went to “Gyeonwonjigae” by Kim Kyung-ryul, a grand prize winner of the 2020 Korea Environment Love Contest in the junk art category.

K-eco Releases Winning Entries of 2019 Korea Environment Love Contest

K-eco announced the winning entries for the 2019 Korea Environment Love Contest.

An awards ceremony took place for the 60 winners at the yard of the Integrated Environment Research Institute Complex in Seo-gu, Incheon, on Oct. 27. Winning products selected in four categories – wastes reuse art (junk art), newspaper advertising, photo, and illustration – were among 2,620 pieces presented during the contest.

The grand prize in the junk art category went to “Gyeonwonjigae” by Kim Kyung-ryul, while “A Mask Protecting the Nature,” an advertising by Kim Won-il, was honored with the grand prize in the newspaper advertising category.

“The Night of the Camping Site” by Yoon Jin-ho won the top prize in the photo category while “Cheering Up for Your’s Practicing Eco-friendly Love” by Joo Baek-chan was awarded with the highest gold prize in the illustration category.

K-eco Implements Pilot Project to Install EV Chargers at Filling Stations

K-eco is implementing a pilot project to install rapidly 100 kW charging facilities for EVs at 60 filling stations across the nation. The project was launched in October.

K-eco provides support worth a maximum of 50 won per kWh to EV motorists using the charging facilities.