Waste recycling comes to the fore because of resources depletion and environmental pollution. ‘End-of-Waste (EoW)Criteria’ are reported to help improve recycling by determining when a waste ceases to be a waste, independently fromthe waste management option, and guarantee higher quality of secondary materials by environmental requirements of thesematerials. This approach can reduce consumption of natural resources and decrease the amount of waste sent for disposal.The aim of this study is to comprehensively review and analyze the current criteria on the End of Waste in foreigncountries. In addition, this paper suggests policy implications to promote more recycling and use of waste materials asresources by comparing domestic and foreign regulations. Based on the research, domestic EoW criteria need to be morecleared in the aspect to hazard assessment, ensuring a high level of environmental protection and solving legal uncertaintyhindering the development of the recycling sector.

This paper is a research on the end-of-waste (EoW) criteria of steel scrap. Government strengthens the management of the scrap recently, as pollution has been raised due to the improperly treated steel scrap. In this study, current status of steel scrap recycling was investigated through field survey in 2012, and classification and recycling standard of steel scrap in developed countries and institutions were investigated through literature survey in order to introduce optimal EoW criteria. As a result, contents of contaminants were selected as the most important recycling standards, and contents of contaminants in steel scrap was measured less than 0.5% in most of companies, but only one recycling company showed 10% of contaminants. EoW criteria for steel scrap was determined to be below 2% of contaminants. In this study, contaminants in steel scrap was defined as hazardous and pre-treated substances, considering the Korean industrial standards (KS). And EoW stage was determined by considering the regulation on resources and practices in field.