BANGKOK/TOKYO -- With increasingly health-conscious consumers losing their appetite for sugar, Asian industry leader Mitr Phol Group will turn its access to sugar cane, cassava and similar crops toward the production of plant-based plastics.
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Asian sugar king Mitr Phol to start bioplastics production
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Thailand is a major producer of sugar cane, which can be used to create bioplastics. (Photo courtesy of Mitr Phol Group)
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