Collecting trash for 19 billion? Kim Jung-bin, ‘Millionaire next door’

TV Jun 03, 2025

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Kim Jeong-bin, the CEO of a venture company that protects the environment through recycling, will appear on ‘The Millionaire Next Door’.

On EBS and E Channel co-produced ‘Seo Jang-hoon’s Millionaire Next Door ‘(hereafter referred to as’ The Millionaire Next Door ‘), which will be aired on the afternoon of the 4th, we will shed light on the life of Kim Jung-bin, the representative of a recycling company that has become a hot topic for’ garbage trading ‘, and his views on the world and society.Kim Jung-bin’s company is a company that collects discarded PET bottles and produces recycled raw materials that can replace oil.It achieved annual sales of 19 billion won in 2024, and the corporate value reaches 250 billion won.In particular, he developed a recycling robot that exchanges PET bottles for money, providing an opportunity for anyone to easily and enjoyably become an environmental guardian.He is currently operating 1,496 recycling robots nationwide, and the total amount of compensation amounts to 5.4 billion won.



Meanwhile, Seo Jang-hoon, who met Kim Jung-bin, revealed his extraordinary ‘desire for recycling’ by saying, “I’m serious about recycling.You’ll be surprised if you see how I live.” He revealed his thorough recycling rules, saying, “I scrape off all the adhesive marks on the labels of plastic bottles and even the pieces of tape attached to cardboard boxes before throwing them away.” Furthermore, it is said that even the production crew of ‘The Millionaire Next Door’ was astonished at his confession, “When I wash delivery containers, I adjust the direction and pressure of the water so that no food remains.” Seo Jang-hoon’s ‘true environment nerd’ moment, reborn as an ‘eco-friendly giant’, can be seen in more detail on the original broadcast of ‘The Millionaire Next Door’ EBS and E Channel at 9:55 PM on Wednesday the 4th.

Reporter Yoonna Choi com Donga.com yyynnn@donga

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