The Sustainable Hook and Loop Fastener
Kuraray Fastening has developed the next-generation, environmentally responsible hook and loop fastener.
Environmental benefits include:
MAGICTAPE™ does not have a PU back coating like all traditional hook and loop fastener, resulting in a completely solvent-free material.
The MAGICTAPE™ manufacturing process reduces CO2 emissions by about 30% compared to the traditional hook and loop fastener manufacturing process.
*Conventional: Nylon product made by Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd.
Kuraray Fastening has taken responsible innovation to the next level…
Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd. introduced MAGICTAPE™, the world’s first hook and loop fastener that does not use solvents during the manufacturing process. Using an outstanding technology, this new process has the following benefits:
- Made without solvents (solvent-free)
- No PU content
- Superior physical properties
- Potential of recycle
OEKO-TEX standard 100, Appendix 4, product class I certified
Certified products：F9820Y.00 / A8693Y.71 / B9751Y.00
EcoLeaf certified by the Japan Environmental Management Association for Industry, which examines quantitative environmental data covering the entire product lifecycle. Kuraray Fastening Co., Ltd. was the first hook and loop fastener supplier to be given EcoLeaf certification.
For more information, please visit
http://www.jemai.or.jp/english/ecoleaf/outline.cfm
Greenhouse Gases, Global Warming and the Impact of CO2
What are greenhouse gases?
Greenhouse gases are the gases present in the earth’s atmosphere (such as water vapor, carbon dioxide, ozone and methane) which regulate our climate by trapping heat and holding it in a kind of warm-air blanket that surrounds the planet. The warming of the earth as a result of this ‘atmospheric blanket’ is what scientists call the greenhouse effect.
Greenhouse gases are essential to maintaining the temperature of the Earth; without them the planet would be far too cold to sustain our current ecosystem. However, an excess of greenhouse gases can raise the temperature of the planet, enhancing the greenhouse effect and causing global warming.
How Do Humans Contribute to the Greenhouse Effect?
While the greenhouse effect is an essential environmental prerequisite for life on Earth, as more people use fossil fuels for heat, transportation and manufacturing, the level of greenhouse gases continues to increase. These increases, coupled with the issue of deforestation, help to explain why atmospheric concentrations of CO2 have increased by 31% since the beginning of the industrial revolution.
Impact on Our Environment
As human behavior expels more greenhouse gases, more heat becomes trapped and held within our atmosphere, gradually increasing the temperature of the Earth’s surface. Increasing global temperatures are expected to cause rising sea levels, increases in the intensity of extreme weather events, and significant changes to the amount and pattern of precipitation. If CO2 and other greenhouse gas levels continue to rise sharply in the future as scientists predict, other expected effects include lower agricultural yields, changes in ocean currents affecting trade routes, receding glaciers, and species extinctions.
The manufacturing process of MAGICTAPE™ emits about 30% less CO2 compared to traditional hook and loop fastener.
Three trees are required to reabsorb the CO2 released by manufacturing 200 meters of conventional hook and loop fastener in 25mm width.
Two trees are required to reabsorb the CO2 released by manufacturing 200 meters of MAGICTAPE™ hook and loop fastener in 25mm width.
What this means:
One million meters of MAGICTAPE™ hook and loop fastener frees up 5,000 trees compared to conventional hook and loop fastener.
MAGICTAPE is a registered trademark or trademark of hook and loop fastener owned by Kuraray Co., Ltd.
