TOKYO -- Japanese trading house Mitsui & Co. will decide next year whether to build a bioplastics factory in the southeastern U.S., creating one of the largest production sites worldwide for the plant-based packaging material.
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A cornfield in the U.S. state of Illinois. Bioplastics can be made from plants including corn and sugar cane.
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