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environmental management system based on ISO 14001 as an implementing tool.
The first comprehensive master plan for environment friendly industrial devel-
opment was made and operated based on this Act. The plan includes: streamlining
the supporting system, cleaner production transfer and dissemination, promoting
environmental industry, and stimulating environmental management. The cleaner
production transfer and dissemination deal with technology transfer, international
collaborative projects, supply chain environmental management, and eco-indus-
trial park development (Park et al.
2008
).
More recently, Korea has launched an ambitious EIP initiative in 2005, under
the leadership of the Korea National Cleaner Production Center (KNCPC) and the
Korea Institute of Industrial Technology (KITECH). Six industrial parks or
complexes out of 35 large national parks were designated as EIP projects, and
some of these projects are actually clusters of several industrial parks. Eventually,
this initiative would encourage all 504 industrial parks in Korea to achieve the
transition to become EIPs. The six industrial complexes that are pilot projects in
the EIP initiative are listed in Table
2
.
Table 2
Six industrial complexes selected as EIP projects in Korea
Name of
Complex
Land Area
(hectare)
Number of
Companies
Major Industries and Characteristics
Banwol and
Siwha
3,180
5,400
Located in the southern part of Seoul metropolitan
area
Typical industries include textile, dying, pulp,
chemical plants, small manufacturers, and waste
incinerators
Mipo and
Onsan
5,557
700
Located in Ulsan city, industries are automobile
manufacturing, ship building, and one of the
world's largest petrochemical complexes;
Nonferrous metals, steel, and metal
manufacturers are the major industries
Yeousu
3,130
149
Located in the southern part of Korea and is
primarily a petrochemical complex and refinery
with 149 companies
Cheongju
410
200
Major industries are textile, paper-mill,
petrochemical, electronics, nonferrous metals,
metal manufacturing and assembly
Machun,
Chilso,
Sangpyeng
581
550
Three clusters of smaller industrial parks include
Machun Industrial Complex at Jinhae, Chilso
Industrial Complex in Hanam, and Sangpyeing
Industrial Complex at Junju. The three clusters
are around 50 km apart. Most of the companies
in these locally managed parks are small and
medium enterprises. Industries at Jinhae include
nonferrous metal, steel, and machinery and at
Jinju, food, textile, pulp, and chemical
Pohang
2,010
220
Located in Pohang city, major industries include
cement, steel, metal processing, fine chemical,
and waste disposal
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