How to throw away gift wrapping paper in Korea

Where it goes

Or: General waste bag 종량제 봉투 — see the steps below.

1. Plain paper wrapping: take off tape, ribbons and stickers, fold it flat and put it with paper.
2. Plastic-coated, gold or silver foil wrapping: general waste bag.

The national guideline says wrapping paper follows the paper rules — and plastic-coated paper and gold or silver foil paper are excluded from paper recycling.