The objective of this short article is to briefly introduce how Korea deals with urban solid waste problems with the use of urban resource recovery facilities, using the example of the city of Seoul to aid in explaining the hot issues related to these resource recovery facilities.

This article is written to inform readers about resource recovery facilities in Korea. This article’s descriptions about resource recovery facilities and Korea’s urban solid waste treatment policy and history mainly are based on the contents of the official website of the Seoul’s Resource Recovery Facility, rrf.seoul.go.kr. This article summarized and translated the relevant information provided in the web site.