EBJ Business Achiever of the Week: Korea Environment Corp.

A hearty three cheers this week for Korea Environment Corporation (Keco), winner of a 2011 Business Achievement Award for establishing a national waste monitoring system serving South Korea. The Allbaro system monitors all industrial waste handling processes, from discharge to transport to final treatment, using the internet or radio frequency identification (RFID) technology in real time. Waste dischargers, collectors, transporters and final treatment businesses feed information on the waste management process into the Allbaro system, which was initially used only by general hospitals and designated waste dischargers. In 2011, the system’s scope was expanded to encompass all kinds of industrial waste. According to Keco, this achievement represents a milestone in South Korean waste management and, as a real-time, on-line waste management system operating on a national scale, is unique in the world. The company says that the Allbaro system decreases waste management costs by KRW 264.4 billion (about $230 million U.S.) and reduces CO2 emissions by 5592.6 tons annually through the use of the internet instead of paper-based tracking, and it prevents the illegal treatment of waste and indiscriminate waste disposal.For a full list of EBJ’s 2011 Business Achievement Award winners, please visit www.ebiresearch.com/2011_EBI_Business_Achievement_Awards. EBJ is now accepting nominations for 2012 Business Achievement Awards.EBJ/CCBJ Business Achievement Awards- Apply TodayEnvironmental Industry Summit XI- March 6-8, 2013