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rePAPER’s environmentally friendly coatings RP-series are now confirmed to be compliant with GB standards, National Food Safety Standard in China. Now, RP-series’ safety being proven in China along with the EU, the US, and Japan, we are ready to leap high for the Chinese market. First, we will check about the Chinese national standards, GB in more detail?   China’s New National Standards System, GB GB, required for all the products in China, are mandatory national standards. They are the standards to evaluate a product’s safety or suitability for its functions, which is equivalent to Korea Standards(KS). GB are China’s distinctive regulations mainly corresponding to European or the United States’ testing methods and standards and a product is tested at official testing institutions, CNAS or CMA. GB standards are different from internationally used regulations that they act as Technical Barriers to Trade. It is a kind of non-tariff barriers, protectionism, which is the economic poli...

Plastic is the most common and probably the most familiar material to us in modern society. Almost everything our eyes laid on is made of plastic. For every minute, 1 million drinks in a plastic bottle are sold and 10 million plastic bags are used in the world. During COVID-19, especially, the range of plastic usage became vast and its role has been more crucial than ever. The plastic products such as a facial mask, a single-use bag, and gloves protect people from the virus, and medical devices and protective equipment were helping those who are on the front lines of the batter against the virus. Birth of Plastic and Its Rapid Growth Plastic which originally means “pliable and easily shaped” has now become a word to call all kinds of polymers collectively. The very initial form of plastic was invented in 1869 by John Wesley Hyatt and it was Leo Baekeland who succeeded in making 100% synthetic resin named ‘Bakelite’, a material without any nature-derived molecules. The synthetic p...

  A giant waste land floating in Pacific ocean called GPGP(Great Pacific Garbage Patch) discovered in 1997 by a yacht player put the world in shock. Spotted the marine creatures suffering from the waste flown into the ocean, it became a wake-up call for the generation. 2020 as a starting point, a ‘Plastic-free Movement’ occurred in every country and industry. Green marketing and practices have been the main issues; hotels replace their amenities to bulk dispensers and encourage their customers to use reusable cups. The fashion industries produce items made of recycled materials.   The food packaging industry also actively started developing and applying environmentally friendly packaging that are recyclable and compostable instead of conventional plastics. The painful video clip of a turtle with a plastic straw stuck in its nostril in Costa Rica triggered the plastic-free movement around the world and a plastic straw became the first target to be eliminated. For the busine...

  rePAPER developed RP-series, the aqueous dispersion coatings, and manufactures environmentally friendly coated board that is both material and organic recyclable as well as food-contact safe. For all the environmentally friendly properties and functionality, rePAPER’s products are suggested as the most optimized alternatives for single-use plastics which are blamed for the main cause of pollution. Many from relevant industries have been approaching us to learn and understand our technology better. Here, we present this short video clip to answer your questions including why rePAPER’s products are recyclable and compostable, the process how rePAPER’s coatings obtain barrier properties, and the fields where rePAPER’s technology can be applied!