Various sizes are available to fit into different storage spaces and cater different needs, categorised as clothes drawers, drawer cases, wagons and document boxes.
Shallow size is suitable for shirts, innerwear and handkerchiefs while the deeper size is suitable for thicker items such as winter garments and towels. PE partitions can be used for segmentation.
Polypropylene, or PP, is a flexible plastic which can be easily molded and recycled. It is widely used in making daily-used products such as car bumpers, containers and bottle caps of PET bottles. Being durable and less likely react with moisture and chemicals, PP is suitable for manufacturing storage items. It is the most heat-resistant among all plastic materials.
Environmental Friendly and Recycling
PP material is comparatively easy to recycle with its nature - most of its residue turn into water and carbon dioxide after burning completely. To support recycling of raw materials like plastic used to product daily goods, MUJI in Japan participates in the "BRING PLA-PLUS project" regularly to implement recycling of used materials at retail stores.
Manufacturing Process
MUJI and the PP Material
PP Boxes, 1984
Retaining the original.
It is a common practice for families to keep frequently taken medicine in places that are easily accessed and wooden first-aid boxes were widely used for storage.
When PP storage was promoted, it was the period that first-aid boxes were gradually changed to plastic instead of wooden ones. Back then, PP was regarded as the raw material for colourful products.
Having the thought of "creating products with a natural touch through PP", the first-of-its-kind MUJI PP first-aid box was created to portray the original colour of PP material. The simple design does not only simplify the manufacturing process, but also provide a helpful arrangement by using partitions to separate tools in different shapes like tweezers.
Today, the PP box serves further functions than just a first-aid box. It is widely used for storage of different tools, casette tapes, CDs and etc. The concept of portraying the original colour of raw materials has also been extended to apply on the development of other goods, such as the aluminium card case.
MUJI Laboratory for Living "MUJI Archive - PP Box, 1984"
