The recyclability of waste generated in Korea was determined by sampling ten kinds of sludge to analyze its chemical composition and organic content. We also analyzed the regulatory items for waste control laws and soil environmental laws. Investigation of the leaching property revealed that all sludge samples were classified as general waste and the sludge samples were not types of waste that are prohibited or restricted from being recycled. The S1 sample was evaluated as organic sludge upon measuring the organic content and finding it to be 40% or higher; the other samples were deemed inorganic. Organic sludge S2 exceeded the Zn in the second regional standard of soil environmental laws. Among the inorganic sludge samples, S2 and S8 were considered most likely to be recycled because there were no hazardous substances that exceeded the standard. However, they should be recycled safely after the evaluation of their recyclability according to the recycling purpose and method. Especially the S5 sample was deemed difficult to recycle because it exceeded the third regional standard, which is the highest soil standard.

A Ni-based superalloy is widely used in many industrial field because of their high performance which is unusual class of metalic materials with an exceptional properties (high temperature strength, toughness, stress, oxidation/corrosion resistance). So, the most important application of Ni-superalloy is aircraft engines (gas turbine, turbine blade, etc), gas turbines for power generation and other challenging environments such as nuclear power and chemical plants. In the future, according to increasing the demand, amount of waste turbine blade is expected to be discarded. Therefore, it is necessary to research about recycling technology of waste Ni-based superalloy. In this study, we focused our research on the possibilities of recycling using waste Ni-based superalloy by AOD (argon-oxygen decarburization) process. Also, we were investigated experimental changes including Ar or O2 flow rate, reaction time, voltage to obtain the data of element component and structural changes. So, we evaluated the possibility about recovery of Ni or other metals.

According to the change of waste management policy, the focus of product-oriented environmental management has been moved from follow-up management to advanced prevention since early 2000s. For achieving advanced prevention, assessment models to evaluate environmental performance of goods need to be established which can be used at design and manufacture stage for analyzing expected environmental loads and promoting recycling of resources. In this study resource recyclability assessment model for non-energy goods was developed. The model mainly consists of assessment items and instructions of each item. Assessment items are composed of 6 common items and 1 individual item for each group of target goods.

Expanding economic growth, the increased and shortened of electronic products rapidly last a couple of decades in Korea. Furthermore, as converting to digital broadcasting system, the amount of discarded analog type TV containing cathode ray tube(CRT) glasses are increasing significantly. Accordingly, since there is no demand for CRT glass anymore, it is very important to find out how to recycle a waste CRT glass. The research was carried out to investigate the best available technologies for recycling waste CRT glass. Primary feasibility studies to find the appropriate technologies were performed in advance and then the use as aggregates of cement bricks was found as a simple and economic way of recycling CRT panel glass cullet. Based on the selection of proper technology, which is the aggregate of cement bricks fabrication using CRT glass crushed, the evaluation of recyclability were made by replacing CRT glass particles to aggregates in the mixture of cement bricks. Up to 50% of sand or stone powder was replaced and the bricks with CRT glasses were manufactured and tested in their qualities as concrete bricks. The bricks including 20 to 30% of CRT particles instead sand or stone powder were good enough to meet the standard in bending strength and absorption rate.