Korean slang profile
제로 웨이스트
jero weiseuteu
Practices seeking to reduce everyday waste such as unnecessary packaging and disposable items.
Practices seeking to reduce everyday waste such as unnecessary packaging and disposable items.
- Expanded form
- Not documented
- Other spellings
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- Earliest source found
- Sep 12, 2023
- Documented trend period
- Not verified
This is the earliest source we have verified, not the date the term was coined.
01Examples, with English translations
- Example by Julimmal
용기를 챙겨 가는 제로 웨이스트 가게에 들렀어.
I visited a zero-waste shop, bringing my own containers.
02Documented history
- 2023-09-12The 한경BUSINESS source used the expression ‘제로 웨이스트’.[1]
03Origin & word formation
The meaning and usage were checked in the source. The specific process of coining the expression could not be established. Who first used it and when could not be established.
Evidence for the origin explanationLow
Usage was checked in the source, but the specific process of coining the expression and its first use could not be established.
04Sources
Original titles and links are preserved. An English translation does not replace the original source.
- “껍데기는 가라!” 알맹상점 서울역 리스테이션 [MZ공간트렌드] (한경BUSINESS)Published Sep 12, 2023Original source checked Nov 13, 2026