GRICO currently imports and processes approximately 1,000 tons of imported rice waste per year at cost to produce its materials. The company plans to expand its feedstock base next year by utilizing a wider range of agricultural resources — including imported rice, domestic grain rice, sweet potatoes, potatoes, cassava, and onions — with a target production volume of over 10,000 tons of materials annually.

In the long term, GRICO aims to accept agricultural products that have lost market value due to storage or require disposal, potentially even receiving them with processing fees.

According to national waste statistics on disposal and treatment, agricultural and food waste in 2019 averaged 14,314 tons per day, an increase of 6.6% compared to 2010, resulting in an estimated economic cost of approximately KRW 20 trillion.

Globally, about 1.3 billion tons of food — roughly one-third of total food production — is wasted each year before reaching the table. The carbon footprint of this wasted food is estimated at 3.3 gigatons (Gt), accounting for about 6–10% of global greenhouse gas emissions.

GRICO goes beyond producing eco-friendly materials based on surplus agricultural and agricultural waste resources, aiming to provide a full “natural circulation economy” solution. The company plans to collect used products through local recycling systems, convert them into fertilizer, and return them to nature.

Park Jae-min stated,
“The concept of ‘natural circulation,’ which we distinguish from the commonly used term ‘resource circulation,’ is the philosophy that GRICO pursues.”

The company also continues social contribution efforts through environmental protection and sharing initiatives, allocating about 3–5% of total profits to support vulnerable groups such as elderly individuals living alone and single-parent households.

GRICO products applied to delivery containers are designed to be environmentally friendly and can decompose together with leftover food in food waste processing systems.