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Internationally, we celebrate World Oceans Day annually on June 8. This holiday was recognized by the United Nation to commemorate the impact of the oceans in our everyday life as well as the significance of the  role that the ocean plays in our ecosystem. To observe World Oceans Day, the UN chooses a different theme each year to appreciate different aspects of the ocean.  Hoping to raise awareness of preserving the ocean, the UN has announced this year’s theme as  “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean.”  Korea also celebrates Ocean Day on May 31 to promote the marine industry and to appreciate the hard work of the workers in the industry. In honor of World Oceans Day, we would like to take a look at the materials used in packaging of the fishery products on the journey to our table.   Transporting seafood fresh to the wholesale market with fish boxes In Korea, various fishery products are kept in fish boxes from the moment they are caught ...

Plastic has been praised to be a ‘miracle material’ over the last 150 years. Thanks to its amazing transformation skills and functions, it has been applied to various industry fields. Yet, hundreds and thousands of reports and data insist that microplastic causes severe marine pollution and destroys the ecosystem around us and humans are facing a plastic dilemma. How well and deep do we know about plastic that we see and use everywhere? To understand what we are dealing with better, rePAPER is going to investigate the lifecycle of plastic step by step in the next 8 contents and suggest how we can work for a sustainable society. Then, shall we start with the origin of plastic?   The Origin of Plastic Plastic polymers are commonly known as synthetic resins and the name ‘plastic’ is originated from a Greek word ‘plastikos’ which means “to be easily formed or molded”. A polymer is a term to call a compound that consists of monomers, small molecules, being combined repeatedly. E...