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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...

The use of disposables has been rapidly increased since COVID19 outbreak. Some consumers purchase ‘ environmentally friendly ’ products described as biodegradable or compostable in the belief that they are making a better choice for the environment. But, does our decision really bring the result as we wish and expect? According to Jason Locklin, the director of New Materials Institute of the University of Georgia, expressions like ‘ biodegradable ’ or ‘ compostable ’ confuse not only customers but also experts in the fields, for such products may only be degraded under certain conditions and mess up with recycling stream. Let ’ s take a few examples that are marketed as biodegradable. Can we really trust these products that are supposed to relieve customer ’ s guilt on the use of disposables?   1 st  player It is PLA(Poly Lactic Acid). PLA is made from ingredients mostly extracted from corn starch that it is one of the most well-known environmentally-friendly resi...

COVID-19 has rapidly spread around the world and it made everyone’s 2020 tough and left great regrets. However, the news about vaccines gave the world the hope that the upcoming year would be different. We, rePAPER, would like to take this time to look back the year and get fully ready for 2021. 1. Catch me if you can! rePAPER’s Advanced Technology – PTS, DIN Certificates, GB-Compliance, and Patents Added As rePAPER has been setting the world-leading standards for environmentally friendly packaging, we took the year as well to prove our innovative technology. rePAPER’s coated paper, REPA COAT, is now proven to have 99.9% recyclability by PTS, and to become nutrients in soil without any special facilities by achieving DIN’s home compostable certificate. In December, we finally received a positive result that our product is compliant with GB standards in China as well. What’s more, the production methods of the environmentally friendly coatings and coated paper are now protected by...

As the world has become more aware of how closely we are connected to nature, each country starts to implement resolute policies to stop pollution and preserve what is left. Among them, California is surely the leading state in the U.S. to act fastest for the environment. The European Commission passed the introduction of the plastic tax in 27 member countries and China recently announced a stringent regulatory policy to limit the production and sale of undegradable single-use plastic by stages.   While California strives for the sustainable society by emphasizing eco-friendly consumption, they introduced more delicate and specific legislation in late September, setting stringent standards and requirement to promote a product’s material and organic recyclability. Let’s take a close look at California’s effort to achieve the resource circulation cycle.   1. ‘Biodegradable’ Product? Prove it with accurate data first! The state of California announced the legislation ...