Single-use cup consumption South Korea 2009-2015
the consumption of disposable cups at coffee shops and fast-food restaurants showed a decrease. The government aims to reduce the use of disposable products by more than 35 percent by 2022, including the introduction of the cup deposit system which starts from 2021.
In 2015, around 672.4 million single-use cups were consumed in South Korea. As of August 2018, South Korean government started to ban the use of single-use cups in stores except for takeout orders, then