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Internationally, we celebrate World Oceans Day annually on June 8. This holiday was recognized by the United Nation to commemorate the impact of the oceans in our everyday life as well as the significance of the  role that the ocean plays in our ecosystem. To observe World Oceans Day, the UN chooses a different theme each year to appreciate different aspects of the ocean.  Hoping to raise awareness of preserving the ocean, the UN has announced this year’s theme as  “Revitalization: collective action for the ocean.”  Korea also celebrates Ocean Day on May 31 to promote the marine industry and to appreciate the hard work of the workers in the industry. In honor of World Oceans Day, we would like to take a look at the materials used in packaging of the fishery products on the journey to our table.   Transporting seafood fresh to the wholesale market with fish boxes In Korea, various fishery products are kept in fish boxes from the moment they are caught ...

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...

  “An iced americano, please.” “We offer a drink in a reusable cup for environmental protection.” This is what we commonly hear at a café these days. As disposable plastic waste has increased since the COVID-19 outbreak, disposable cups are restricted at stores and are replaced with reusable ones such as mug cups or thermos. In fact, this movement began a while ago, but the targets were limited to cafés and their customers. Now, it is widely and rapidly applied to public organizations or companies. Then, what kinds of changes does the replacement bring to the environment? Reusable cup campaigns Public institutions and local governments are carrying forward environmental campaigns to reduce the use of disposable products and many of them include the introduction of a reusable cup system. As a part of ESG management practices, companies implemented a reusable cup sharing system at their in-company café, and movie theaters and universities also make various attempts to reduce single-u...

  The Ministry of Environment and Korea Waste Association established Resource Circulation Day on September 6 th to remind the importance of limited resources and to think of solutions for resource waste. Greeting the 13th Resource Circulation Day this year, we would like to check the current system for resource circulation and necessary changes for it to be expanded and developed.     Disappearing resource due to continuous development Generally speaking, resource refers to natural resources that are generated from nature. They are categorized into two different groups; renewable resources such as forests, water, wind, solar energy that are repeatedly produced over time, and non-renewable resources such as minerals and fossils fuels that do not exist anymore once they are used up. Going through 4 times of industrial revolution, humans are now facing an ICT merging generation after the era of mechanization and mass production. In the meantime, the innovative manu...