South Korea: From food wasters to recyclers

In South Korea, you're required by law to separate your food waste so it can be collected and recycled.

In less than three decades, the country has gone from a nation of food wasters to food recyclers.

It's been a great success story and the recycling rate is now over 95%.

So how did South Korea do it?

Video by Lulu Luo, Hosu Lee, and Won Jung Bae.

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