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There was an annual conference for paper technicians on June 22-24 organized by Korea Pulp and Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry at Hotel Interciti, Daejeon. Korea Pulp and Korea Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry was established in 1967 for the purpose of exchanging and cooperating with people in academia and business to educate paper technicians and to pursue various projects, such as academic presentations and technology information collections, for the pulp and paper industry in Korea. Though this conference has been postponed a few times because of the pandemic, many people in the paper industry attended to have a meaningful time. For this 56th conference, top experts in the field were invited to give lectures and about 50 technicians, and management support team of the paper industry attended for the required education paper making process, such as the process of pulp fiber to paper material preparation process and the initial, manufac...

We are living at a time where eco-friendliness is not a choice but has become a must. Now, the question is how to inspire people to be concerned in the environment, change their perceptions and take action. There was an event held to discuss the environmental crisis in films of various genres; the Seoul International Eco Film Festival (SIEFF). SIEFF is an annual event held in honor of World Environment Day. This year marks its 19th anniversary which was hosted by the Korea Green Foundation and sponsored by Seoul Metropolitan Government, Korea Ministry of Environment, EBS and more. This event took place both online and offline through Megabox, Seongsu, and digital theaters from June 2 to Jun 8, 2022. (The 19th Seoul International Eco Film Festival official poster | image: SIEFF Official Website) SIEFF , calls for action beyond appreciation ‘Ecoverse’ is the slogan of this year. The word Ecoverse is a portmanteau word of eco and universe meaning “to build a future-oriented eco-worldview ...

Since last March, we have covered the many aspects of plastic in over 6 articles. The articles include information on how plastic was born, its golden ages as the lead role of industrialization, how it ended up being a fatal threat to mankind and the environment, and its problems and solutions.  We would like to conclude this series by discussing our present and our future in this age of ‘ban plastic” Too much responsibility on the consumers  You probably went through your trash yesterday too, like every other day, dividing the plastic milk cartons and plastic strawberry containers, and all the plastic disposable takeout containers, cleaning them and separating them from cookie wrappers. But here we face several questions. Why is the recycling rate for plastic still only 20% when we work so hard to recycle plastic? (Which will drop even more when the rate of separating and putting recyclable materials is considered, which is 45%, and even lower when energy conversion rates i...