해양폐기물의 자원순환에 관한 일고찰

The concept of a so-called ‘resource-circulating society’ that reduces the basic generation of waste is highlighted worldwide for the purpose of “ensuring sustainable consumption and production patterns”, the 12th goal in the agenda of the 70th UN General Assembly in 2015. In this context, the Marine Wastes and Marine Contaminated Sediment Management Act(hereinafter referred to as the “Marine Wastes Act”) was enacted in 2016 and enforced in Korea. Meanwhile, the Marine Wastes Act, which is scheduled to take effect on December 4, 2020, provided an opportunity for the legal system in the marine environment to become more specific and make progress by prescribing matters concerning the management and treatment of marine wastes, marine pollutants, and carbon dioxide streams that were not covered in detail before. Meanwhile, ‘waste’ applied under the Framework Act of Recycling of Resources is prepared based on the concept under the Waste Management Act, and the Marine Wastes Act is borrowed from the Marine Environment Management Act, so the definition of 'waste' on land and sea must be somewhat consistent in order to utilize the substances subject to the Marine Wastes Act through the Framework Act of Recycling of Resources. From this point of view, this paper considered the relationship between ‘recyclable resources’ under the Framework Act of Recycling of Resources and ‘waste’ under the Wastes Management Act, and the Consistency of Waste Definition under the Marine Wastes Act and the Wastes Management Act to make a methodological proposal for the application of the Framework Act of Recycling of Resources.