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Last Nov. 21, one of the leading international packaging and material handling trade fairs, ALL4PACK Emballage Paris 2022, was held at Paris Nord Villepinte. It was an in-person exhibition for the first time after four years of absence due to COVID-19, which both exhibitors and visitors seemed lively and enthusiastic than ever before. At this four-day exhibition, about 4,500 experts and 1,100 exhibitors from 80 countries participated, which 50% of them came from out of France, allowing them to experience various products and materials. (ALL4PACK) With the theme of this year’s ALL4PACK, “Lead the Revolution,” the director of ALL4PACK Emballage Paris, Guillaume Schaeffer, said ‘The 2022 edition of ALL4PACK Emballage Paris will open the era of revolutions for this French trade show, which has become an international benchmark for the entire packaging and intralogistics ecosystem. We want to be the forerunner of new packaging solutions as well as the production chain.” Schaeffer also emph...

Various expos and exhibitions have briskly resumed from the pause due to the recent global pandemic, COVID-19 and recently held 2022 ESG-ECO EXPO KOREA is one of them. This year’s expo, which had been held online for a few years, was the very first time to have an on-site exhibition and received a lot of positive feedback. The 2022 ESG-ECO EXPO KOREA took place at the COEX on Nov. 9 - 11, hosted by the Ministry of Environment and organized by KEITI (Korea Environmental Industry & Technology Institute). Approximately 160 companies related to green infrastructure; including energy, architecture and mobility; green consumption, including products, distribution & service and food; and ESG management, including environment, social and transparent management; were participated and operated about 500 booths. This year’s exhibition not only showcased various eco-friendly technologies and products more than ever, but at the same time, various ESG professional forums and events were held...

A new mark for a coated/laminated product and bioplastics on packaging implemented in 2022. The Ministry of Environment announced that they would establish a mark for composite packaging that has been treated as municipal waste due to its low recyclability and for bioplastics on February 24th. A new waste sorting mark, how is it going to be different from now? World’s 2 nd Recyclable Waste Collecting Rate! How about in Reality? It was in 1995 when a garbage disposal system was first introduced to Korea and a high recyclable waste sorting rate has been our pride, following Germany. According to the statistics of the Ministry of Environment, the separate collecting rate reaches 87.1% in 2019. However, not all of the waste is recycled. Experts say that it is barely about 30% that actually goes back to the resource and too many colors, materials, undetachable labels, and foreign substance, and uncertain waste sorting standards are blamed for it. Thus, the Ministry of Environment...

As the amendment of Act on the Promotion of Saving and Recycling of Resources was resolved     at a Cabinet council on the 2 nd of June, Ministry of Environment officially announced that a refund- deposit system on disposable cups is set to start from June of 2022. The system asks a customer to pay a deposit to use a single-use cup at a cafe and give a refund when returning the container. In fact, it is not brand-new in Korea.   The First Introduction in 2002, and Homework It Left Ministry of Environment first introduced the deposit system on disposable cups in 2002 in order to reduce the use of paper cups and to improve the collecting rate. At that time, it was upon the voluntary agreement with 5 café chains and 13 fast food restaurants. The ministry charged $0.083 and $0.041 for deposit on a fast food cup and a coffee cup respectively, and the unreturned deposit was supposed to be used for environmental scholarship and funds for environmental conservation. Accord...

  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!