Kawaguchi Mac Industries, a LinerLinerInner corefluteCase Association (JCCA), the recovery rate (recycling rate) for cardboard in 2020 is 96.1%. Almost all used card-boards are recovered and reused, and transformed into new cardboards. The Association says, “Recovery of card-boards has been advanced for a long time, and a three-pronged recycling system has been established from the collection of used paper to paper man-ufacturing and cardboard production.”The basic composition of card-board consists of a liner used for the front and back and a corrugat-ed-shaped flute sandwiched between the liner. The corrugated base paper used for the flutes is called the core (Figure 1).Founded in 1969, the company has long been involved in the manufacture Mr. Yuya SatoFigure 1 Cross-section of cardboard5858Japanese cardboard manu-facturer and distributor, is devel-oping a display business that uses “Re-board”, a paper material with superior compressive strength, to make furniture, store fixtures, and exhibition booths. Re-board is a cardboard with a different com-position to make it even stronger. Being made of 100% paper ma-terial, it is lightweight and easy to process. It is also an environ-mentally friendly material, using more than 85% thinned wood as raw material. The company’s re-board products include tables, chairs, catalog stands, and exhi-bition booth structures. In 2020, the company launched the “Work Booth Box” to meet the needs during the COVID-19 pandemic. This product has been well re-ceived for its convenience, which allows it to be assembled without the need for tools and easily placed in offices. It is also easy to recycle as it can be collected sep-arately as cardboard after use.Cardboard with 96% recycling rateCardboard is a mate-rial with a high recy-cling rate. According to the Japan Corrugated
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