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We can easily spot ‘biodegradable’ products anywhere these days. Due to the climate change and the pandemic resulted from the pollution, environment-friendly property of a product has influenced a customer’s purchase decision more than ever. Generally, the word ‘biodegrade’ means that a material is degraded or decomposed by microbes such as molds or bacteria. Paper, woods, flowers, fruits, and fish shall be the most common examples as biodegradable materials. However, did you know that a plastic cup, a diaper, and even metal can be degradable, too? The only problem would be that it takes decades or even centuries to be so. Although corrosion by light, wind, or water is also a part of decomposition, today we will focus on materials’ degradability occurred by temperature, oxygen, and microbes. First, let’s find out what these two familiar, but confusing words, ‘biodegradable’ and ‘compostable’ exactly mean! The Difference Between Degradable and Compostable As the environmental awaren...

  On June 18th, distributors and consumers were put in a great confusion. Articles were released saying the Repackaging Ban starting from the following month practically means that the Government would forbid discount promotions such as “Buy one, get one free”. The article bitterly criticized that the Korean would be the first country to ban on bundle discount in the world. Let’s keep reading to see what this controversial law exactly is and the true intention for it!   Why Ban on Repackaging? The repackaging ban law is to prohibit distributors from selling products after re-packaging. Packaging is primarily used to prevent a product from being destroyed or lost and to deliver a product’s information to a customer. As the excessive packaging has become a popular marketing form, however, the amount of waste has been soaring up. In order to resolve the waste issue, the Ministry of Environment carried forward the measures to prevent excessive packaging on January 14 th thi...