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Songle, rePAPER’s cold cup, has been renewed! Songle is an eco-friendly cold cup exclusively for iced drinks, developed by rePAPER, with a cool and sophisticated design.   Eco-friendly collaboration between Colorlab Jeju and rePAPER This specific cold cup by rePAPER was developed under collaboration with Colorlab Jeju, a company that documents and researches Jeju’s natural colors. It was launched as ‘JejurangReparang’. Colorlab Jeju is an art studio run by Kim MyungEun, who majored in industrial design and counseling. The studio observes and researches the many colors of Jeju’s oceans and Oreums, parasitic volcanoes' Jeju dialect, and various plants, and shows us the everyday life of Jeju.   < JejurangReparang cold cup >   | “Rape flowers, Spring in Jeju”, represents the yellow rape flowers blossoming in Jeju during spring |   “Basalt, the rock of Jeju”, represents the charcoal-colored holey rock that can be found all over Jeju | “Gardens of Jej...

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...

The Ministry of Environment announced the Ban on Repacking on June 18 th in order to reduce the wasted resource by unnecessary packaging. However, there was strong backlash among the industries and consumers as it did not give a clear guide line on the subjects or conditions. Finally, the ministry decided to reexamine the issue and set the standards with more details. The department organized a consultative body with relevant industries, experts, and consumer groups since last July and released the revised guide line including the specific subjects on September 21 st . The Government is also planning to apply various policies to decrease the amount of packaging waste. Now, let’s find out more details about the ban on repacking enacted on January of 2021! Based on the subject list, it can be understood that the regulation focuses on the reduction of synthetic materials, which is plastic packaging. The Ministry of Environment gives a 3-month preparation period to the industries for ...