Korean Job Discussion Forums

[toonchoon]

There are a handful of HUGE cities in Korea. Seoul alone produces tons of trash. Where does it all go?

[tatu]

On the way to the airport there is a large mountain/hill that runs for a few kms in length. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nanjido

[Panda]

Korean dump their food waste into the ocean, one is near Incheon, another one is near Ulsan.

that is why your fish is so heavy-metalled

http://news.chosun.com/site/data/html_dir/2008/09/02/2008090201579.html

[BS.Dos.]

^You sure about that? I was under the impression it was composted.

[Xuanzang]

I thought it was incinerated...

[sjrm]

they use it to make kimchiand soju

[sjrm]

they use it to make kimchi and soju

[mistermasan]

define "trash".

bottles, tins, paper are recycleables. thems there is money.

the folks who patent the process to reconvert plastics back to petroleum is gonna die rich.

[Robot_Teacher]

The fish are heavy metaled mostly from China's pollution waste run off into the ocean. All in all, it's one big nasty stinky mess we're creating around the world.

I'm sure the garbage food stuffs is composted and used in farming. They even use those spent round fuel blocks used in BBQ restaurants to create a fake soil rich in nitrogen or add to the soil they have.

Plastics, aluminum, glass, card board, Styrofoam, and steel are recycled and then consumed in the manufacturing industries.

There are landfills for the trash that end up in trash bags such as candy wrappers, plastic bags, and other small things like cigarette butts.

I seriously doubt they're dumping in the ocean as resources are gathered and used in a resource poor country unlike in America where they just put it all in one big trash bag and bury it in a huge landfill.

The burden of gathering all this seems to fall on poor old people pulling rickshaws carts.

[harlowethrombey]

Most people dont know, but Korea is actually split into 3 distinct countries. North and South Korea get the most press, but East Korea is less well known.

South Korea simply ships all their trash to East Korea and dumps it on the people living there (who are morlocks I'm told, or, at least Japanese).

It turns out the only way to placate the creatures that live inside the trash in East Korea is to offer them a virgin sacrifice of 'unpure blood' every week. The entire English industry is really just a scam to attract foreigners, especially virginal, tech-heavy Canadians, so they can be sacrificed to keep the garbage monsters happy.

Wonder why the turnover rate at Hagwons is so high? The term '11 month firing' really means their time has come, Logan's Run style.

[Panda]

[Robot_Teacher]

That's just crazy as cow paddies make great fertilizer as well as food stuffs like fruit peelings, bones, and discarded things like fish heads.

Of course, it's obvious that all sewer drain/toilet water goes to the ocean as it has no where else to go, but down into the rivers and out to sea. This includes many bad things that destroy habitat.

Of course, the cheapest option is exercised without regard for the consequences later on down the road. I heard that when the Summer rains come, the rivers gush, and people take this as an opportunity as an annual free trash removal service which sends it all out to sea. If you look at many old people's old places, you'll see so much rubbish building up and them burning some of it instead of paying for trash bags, but of course, they're very low income and old school. I'm sure people will dump in the rivers to avoid bag fees.

We all really need to reconsider what we're doing as the land, air, and sea offers a vitally important life support system.

[yoja]

Panda, wow...I used to have other suspicions, but now I'm starting to think you're just another one of RealReality's socks. Ha ha. So cute that you went tranny this time!

Robot...I was surprised that you think this:

[Thunndarr]

[ryoga013]

I thought this was going to be another one of the "where do all the bad teachers go" threads...