Input 2020.12.26 06:00
Active improvement work with plastic packaging material’eco-friendly’
The food industry is actively introducing eco-friendly packages as environmental issues such as a shortage of landfills and a counterattack of fine plastics have emerged. Products that replace plastic containers with paper, introduce eco-labels to help separate and dispose, or remove labels at all are attracting attention.
In the bottled water industry, the introduction of’Muravel bottled water’ is the hottest topic. Earlier, the Ministry of Environment announced on the 3rd that it would allow the production and sale of unlabeled drinking spring water through the revised’Notification of drinking spring water standards and standards and labeling standards’. According to the announcement of the change, products in a box of 6 bottles of 2 liters of mineral water only need to be labeled on the outer plastic packaging. Individual products can be sold by attaching a label to the bottle cap.
The first company that introduced muravel mineral water in Korea Lotte Chilsung Beverage (005300)All. Lotte Chilsung Beverage launched the’Isis 8.0 ECO’ product earlier this year. It is a product with a brand inscribed in a plastic bottle without a label. In June, the product line was expanded to 500ml.
Lotus, which produces Sunchang spring water, also decided to produce unlabeled bottled water, and distribution companies that make their own brand (PB) bottled water, including Jeju Samdasoo, the number one bottled water company in Korea, are also actively introducing the bottled water. In particular, distribution companies selling bottled water with low-cost PBs expect to increase their market share when introducing unlabeled bottled water. This is because the price factor is more attractive to consumers than bottled water brands.
On the 23rd, Jeong Food introduced an eco-label to the bottle product of’Vegemil Black Soybean Milk’ and launched a renewal. Eco-label refers to a label to which a separate discharge line is applied so that the consumer can easily remove the label. Jeong Food encouraged consumers to voluntarily participate in separate discharge by putting a notice in the perforated line, saying,’Please separate the label from the bottle and recycle it.’ At the beginning of next year, the company plans to introduce bio caps (lids) made of eco-friendly raw materials to the 950 ml large-capacity pack product line, such as’Vegemil Bee’ 950 ml pack products.
Water-separable labels that easily dissolve in water are also gaining attention. Last month, Pulmuone Green Juice launched’Fresh Pomegranate & Collagen’ and’Fresh Carrot & Mango’ with’water separation label’ applied. Water separation label refers to a label that is easily dissolved in water and is easily separated. It is an eco-friendly packaging method that contributes to increasing the recycling rate by separating the labels during the cleaning process after collection of recyclables. CJ CheilJedang (097950)Also, in May, the package of the Beksul premium milk product was changed from a colored plastic bottle to a transparent plastic bottle, and a water-separable label was attached.
It is also trying to reduce waste plastic by changing packaging materials. Dongwon F&B(049770)Last August launched’Yangban Kim Eco Package’, which removes a plastic container that protects the contents from external shocks. As the packaging volume was reduced, the use of plastic as well as vinyl and paper was reduced. In order to prevent product damage that may occur in the process of opening the wrapping paper, a’laser cutting film’ technology was also introduced on the wrapping paper.
Market Kurly, a shopping app, achieved 4831 tons of plastic savings this year as a result of implementing the All-Paper Challenge to change all shipping packaging materials to recyclable materials. The styrofoam box used for packaging frozen products of Saetbyul Shipping was also changed to an eco-friendly paper box, and the plastic cushioning material, vinyl pouch, zipper bag, and box tape were also changed to paper.
Freshido, a milk kit specialist, has completely replaced the plastic package with a paper package, reducing plastic consumption by more than 90%. McDonald’s is using a new paper-shaped container with the lid of the plastic cup removed from the ice cream dessert menu’Macflurry’. The amount of plastic reduced by changing the McFurry package for one year after container replacement is about 14 tons.
Earlier this month, the convenience store CU launched a series of’vegetarian lunch boxes’ incorporating a foamed PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) container. Foamed PLA containers are made of vegetable materials such as sugar cane and corn and are naturally decomposed within 180 days. On the 22nd, 7-Eleven also applied an eco-friendly PLA (polylactide) container to the’Sushi’s Classic Assorted Sushi’ product. 7-Eleven plans to sequentially apply PLA containers to kimbap and sandwiches next year, starting with this assorted sushi.
An official in the distribution industry said, “As untact consumption increased after coronavirus infection (Corona 19), interest in waste matter such as paper boxes and styrofoam boxes has increased,” and “worries about future society are emerging as eco-friendly consumption trends As such, it is expected that companies will become more active in developing eco-friendly products.”