In 1997, about 6.43 million tons of packaging material were used in the Republic of Korea for the distribution of goods. This packaging accounted for 36.8%, by volume, of the nation's municipal wastes. In order to encourage reduction of packaging waste, in 1999 the government revised its "Ordinance of the Standards for Methods and Materials, Etc. of Product Packaging." The revised ordinance restricts packaging design according to the amount of empty space inside packages and the number of packaging layers that may be used for specified products. Table 8 shows the restrictions by product category.

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