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rePAPER concluded an exclusive supply contract on the environmentally friendly coating formulation RP-SERIES with GPI(Graphic Packaging International), a global paper mill in the US on July 22 nd , 2021. GPI is one of the world’s most recognized cardboard and fiber-based food packaging company. The headquarter is located in Atlanta, USA, and with 19,000 employers, the company is a Fortune 500 corporation making annual sales of 64 billion dollars. GPI considered it as rePAPER’s core technology that any paper-based products applied with our environment-friendly coating solution RP-SERIES show over 98% repulpability and that they can be recycled with other regular paper. As the world’s leader in the packaging industry, GPI announced ‘VISION 2025’ to change GPI products to be 100% recyclable by 2025 and finally released Opticycle TM , the single-use, PE-free food packaging lined with the environmentally friendly water-based coatings, RP-SERIES. Opticycle TM is an innovative product li...

rePAPER obtained Home Compostable Certificate, signifying the highest level of organic recyclability, compostability, of a product. In 2017, rePAPER was granted for Industrial Compostable Certificate by DIN CERTCO, which is given to a product that satisfies strict and thorough global standards to prove its harmlessness by passing chemical analysis, biodegradation test, and ecotoxicity test. Believing in our environmentally friendly technology, rePAPER kept moving forward to achieve home compostable certificate, proving that our products do not require any special facilities but can be composted in a backyard. Consequently, we are now able to present our products as brand-new global standards to environmentally friendly packaging industry, completely distinguishable from the conventional ones.   Food Packaging vs Environment-friendly Food Packaging vs rePAPER’s Food Packaging Acknowledging the food packaging takes up the 2 nd largest portion of the marine waste, consumers in the wo...

  The excellent recyclability of rePAPER’s environmentally friendly coated paper, REPA COAT, is once again officially proven by PTS in Europe. Many paper mills in the world have been developing environmentally friendly food-grade paper with ceaseless R&D. They have been trying to develop a product that functions as a plastic container but still holds paper’s natural properties, recyclability and compostability. Located in Germany, PTS was founded in 1951 and has been providing a variety of services including fiber-based solutions and development in research, consult, training, and tests. Under the mission of ‘Fiber-based solutions for tomorrow’s products’, PTS is a testing institution to analyze and evaluate paper, board, and fiber-based packaging while developing special paper, fiber composites, packaging with barrier coatings, and others. PTS evaluates a product’s recyclability under 3 criteria such as disintegrability, adhesive contaminations, and unevenness of recover...

  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!