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Development of natural environmental technologies

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KEITI supports development of technologies to improve natural environment, including air, soil, ground water and ecosystems.

Waste-to-Energy Technology R&D

  • Combustible waste-to-energy technologies
  • Organic waste-to-energy technologies

Household Waste Recycling Technology R&D

  • Technologies to separate and select vinyl and plastic wastes
  • Technologies to recycle vinyl and plastic wastes
  • Technologies to turn vinyl and plastic wastes into energy
  • Technologies to recycle glass bottle wastes

Product Recyling and Circular Utilization R&D

  • Technologies to improve circular utilization of plastic containers
  • Technologies to improve circular utilization of electronic products that are difficult to recycle
  • Technologies based on recycling wastes from renewable energies

Ecosystem Diversity Management R&D

  • Technologies to predict the emergence of non-native species that threaten biodiversity and evaluate the risks they possess
  • Technologies to eradicate non-native species that threaten biodiversity

Urban Ecosystems R&D

Technologies to manage urban ecosystem structures and their functions
Customized technologies to improve functions of urban ecosystems
Technologies for comprehensive management of urban ecosystems

Biomimicry Environmental Technology R&D

  • Environmental technologies that mimic biological functions
  • Bridge program

ICT-based Environmental Impact Assessment Technology R&D

  • Technologies that support ICT-based environmental impact assessment decision-making process

Soil and Underground Water Pollution Control Technology R&D

Development of technologies to prevent soil and underground water pollution
  • Technologies that can prevent, investigate, remediate pollution and offer post-remediation management that is suitable for Korea’s geological environment
  • Reduce technology transfer cost that developed countries require of Korea and export new environmental technologies by developing Korea’s own environmental technologies
  • Reduce future pollution remediation costs that are to be borne by the government by focusing support on development of technologies for prevention and pollution investigation

CO2 Storage Environment Management R&D

  • Demonstrate environmental management technologies and improve the legal system for CO2 geologic storage
  • Evaluate behavior and leakage of CO2, assess and control risks to CO2 storage environment, demonstrate management of CO2 storage environment, build a foundation to evaluate and manage environmental impact of CO2 storage, etc.

Underground Pollution Risks Control Technology R&D

  • Technologies to diagnose and prevent pollution and risk of pollution to underground environment
  • Technologies to prevent and manage risk of pollution to underground environment

Top Soil Preservation Technology R&D

  • A system that predicts top soil erosion
  • A technology to prevent top soil erosion and to restore eroded top soil