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Introducing the new look of eco-friendly cold cups from rePAPER! We all have experienced, in summertime, when the temperature goes unbearably high and so does the discomfort index, but just with a sip of cup of ice cold drink, all the tiredness and stress wash away. Those who are surviving the heat would shout “Iced Coffee!” and praise iced Americano as their “summertime besties.” This summer, rePAPER is proudly introducing you to ‘STAY COOL’ and ‘FESTIVAL,’ cold cups that let you enjoy ice full of cold drinks, yet still eco-friendly. Hot cups and cold cups, what’s so different? To solve the inconvenience of condensation forms on the outer wall of the cold cup due to the difference in temperature between the inside and outside of the cup, cold cups are coated on both sides; once on the inside for waterproofing and once on the outside for water repellency. Whereas hot drink cups are coated inside only for waterproofing. To prevent the cup from getting soggy and starting to fall apart...

  The 18 th Seoul Eco Film Festival was held on June 3rd to 9th, which is known to be the largest scale focusing on the environmental issues in Asia and also one of the world’s 3 biggest eco film festivals. It has been moving forward overcoming the difficulty as it is not for the commercial films. This year, it was co-organized by Korean Green Foundation and MBC – one of the leading Korean television and radio network companies - and a celebrity Song Eun Yi, and a film director, Jang Hangjun were appointed as ‘Eco-friend’, representatives for those who pursue eco-friendly life.   All the Aspects of the Festival The slogan of this year’s Seoul Eco Film Festival is ECOvolution, which is a compound word of Eco as in ecosystem and the environment and evolution/revolution as in changes and innovation. Therefore, the word ECOvolution delivers a message that we should accomplish a grand switch for the environment for the future. During the festival, 64 movies were released and...

Recently, every country has been accelerating to finalize and implement the ban on single-use plastics that was at a halt for a while due to the pandemic. As it is reported that 8 million tons of plastic waste is dumped in the ocean every year, it has been destroying the marine ecosystem and has compromised seafood safety. Witnessing beautiful beaches being covered by piles of plastic waste, the world agrees that we need a more fundamental countermeasure. For this reason, rePAPER would like to understand and grasp each country’s approach and effort to solve this plastic pollution issue in the following two episodes. Today, we are going to start with the Americas who lead global economic flow and trend and European countries working for the environment as a unit?   1. Americas’ intense battle against plastic 1) The USA The legislatures of each state in North America began their journey to reduce the use of single-use plastics. As they influence the world's plastic consumption  ...

rePAPER’s environmentally friendly technology news delivered by Chinese blog There are many major distributors and convertors dominating the global market in Greater China. Due to direct or indirect impacts from the world’s plastic pollution, there have been a lot of inquiries and requests on environmentally friendly materials and products as alternatives. Some of the companies swiftly started seeking for such products and found rePAPER’s recyclable and home compostable paper coating technology that satisfies the global standards and they have suggested cooperation in various fields. *Click the image to move to rePAPER’s Chinese blog! Therefore, rePAPER opened a Chinese blog to lay a foothold to deliver our news on the environment-friendly paper coating technology and global trends in relevant industries more easily and conveniently to those in Greater China. We look forward to stretching out to the broader world with our technology by lively information exchange!   rePAPER’s...

Jinju, a well-known city for abundant cultural assets and good education, was assigned as an innovative city by the Ministry of Land, Infrastructure, and Transport in Korea and became even more vigorous with public institutions such as Korea Land and Housing Corporation, Korea SMEs and Startups Agency, Korea Testing Laboratory, and many others settled in the region. KICET, Korea Institute of Ceramic Engineering and Technology, is also one of them, located in Nam River in the city. As one of the government-funded research institutes, KICET was established for research development, test analysis, education of human resource of cutting-edge ceramic technology and covers a diverse range of fields including life, environment, energy, bio, medical, contributing to the improvement on the competitiveness of the ceramic industry. On May 3rd, there was a ‘ Training Business for Science and Engineering Expertise ’ held at an auditorium of KICET and rePAPER ’ s CEO, Yoon Cheol, gave a lectu...

The plastic amount annually generated in the world is 4 million tons. Among them, it is disposable packaging that has been contributing the environmental pollution most. How do you think these post-consumer products are managed? Today, we will check how much plastic waste each country produces and how they become a serious cause of pollution.   Plastic Waste Generated in Each Country A joint research team with SEA (Sea Education Association) in the U.S. published a report on plastic waste generated in each country at <Science Advances> in October last year. It turns out the U.S. produces the most amount of plastic waste in the world. According to the report, the U.S. officially generated 34 million tons of plastic waste in 2016 and summed up to 42 million tons if including the amount that was illegally dumped or exported. With the population of a country considered, it is noted that the U.S. consumer produces 20% more plastic waste compared to India or China. Now,...

  Today, we would like to introduce a superstar in the film industry and brings positive influence. It is Leonardo DiCaprio(Leo), one of the most attractive actors in the world. He had been nominated 6 times before finally winning the Best Actor for the 88 th Academy Awards well-known as Oscar in 2016. At that time, his acceptance speech got global attention as it focused on the concerns of climate change.     “Climate change is real. (…) And we need to work collectively together and stop procrastinating. Let us not take this planet for granted.” To be honest, the combination of Leo and the environment doesn’t seem to suit well. His interest in the environment went back to the time when he was filming the movie <Beach> which came out in 2000. Leo was starring in the movie. At that time, the film crew and Leo were severely criticized for destroying beaches and forests for visual effects. Since then, he started to pay attention to environmental issues and became an...

  The COVID-19 outbreak put the world in the fear of pandemics and there have been various threats to nature such as fires in the US, Australia, and Canada, heavy rains and floods in Asia, and thawing in the poles. Every country started to acknowledge that these abnormal climates have been resulted from environmental pollution and to suggest alternatives and specific measures. Among them, the UK is recognized as one of the countries working hardest for the environment. This year, the country took a step ahead by introducing a new plastic packaging tax. Shall we find out more details about the UK’s environmental policy?   The Leading Country of the Environmental Policy As the country to host the 26th UN Climate Change Conference in 2021, the UK is where has implemented many advanced environmental policies already resulting in remarkable changes. For example, the country announced to ban the sale of gasoline and diesel cars by 2035 and to e...