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rePAPER Head Office Relocation Notice

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Hello! This is rePAPER, an R&D company for environmentally friendly paper coating solutions! We would like to announce that our head office is relocated as of September 2021!   Address: #509, 5F, Industry-Acamedia-Research Cooperation Cluster, 55, Hanyangdaehak-ro, Sangnok-gu, Ansan-si, Gyoenggi-do, 15588, Republic of Korea Telephone: 82-(0)2-6952-7896 (same as before)   rePAPER will continuously expand our expertise from food packaging to industrial packaging with our world-class coating technology that is completely recyclable, home compostable while having great barrier properties as well as food contact safety. We, all the REPA members, always appreciate your interest. Work and grow with us!

World Environment Day & Korea’s Unique Waste Sorting System for the Environment!

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It is ‘ Environment Day ’ on June 5 th  that is designated by the United Nations at the Stockholm Conference on the Human Environment. During its first conference in 1972, the global society decided to work together to preserve the environment and established World Environment Day.   As climate change and the impacts have been getting serious due to environmental pollution, the world has been attempting various schemes to cooperate for the environment. One of them is called a carbon tax. The tax is a few imposed on the burning of carbon-based fuels and it is now implemented in 50 different countries in the world including Swiss and Sweden. Korea also announced a ‘ 2050 Net-zero ’ pledge and is actively discussing to enact related legislation.   However, many Korean companies are hugely dependent on the export of products emitting a great deal of carbon such as cars, steels, and oil chemicals. In addition to the increased cost of CER (Certificated Emissions Reducti...