The Cabinet yesterday approved a five-year, Bt 1.8-billion (~34 million Euro) plan to develop integrated bioplastic production locally.<\/b><\/p>\n
“This will bring a facelift to the Thai industry. Strategic innovations will be encouraged, particularly in the agricultural sector. This will also encour-age the birth of new environmentally friendly industries,” said Supachai Lorlowhakarn, director of the National Innovation Agency (NIA).<\/p>\n
Besides environmental benefits, the net return from bioplastic produc-tion would be 21% higher than for a tapioca factory, he said. The NIA would prepare raw materials, speed up technology development, promote innovative industries and prepare infrastructure.<\/p>\n
The plan targets Bt 500 million of economic value from technology, degradable products worth Bt1.5 billion from an investment of Bt 3 billion and environmental value of Bt 500 million from reduced waste-disposal costs.<\/p>\n
Bioplastics, mostly deriving from cornstarch, account for only 1 per cent of total plastic demand of 200 million tonnes per year, according to the NIA. Worldwide bioplastic capacity is only 360,000 tonnes per year.<\/p>\n
“Due to the 30-per-cent annual demand growth, bioplastics will produce a great opportunity for Thailand, which has high capacity to develop an integrated bioplastics industry,” he said.<\/p>\n
Thailand had abundant biomass resources and agricultural feedstock, particularly tapioca. The Kingdom is the world’s third-largest cassava grower and the world’s No-1 exporter, with production capacity of 27 million tonnes worth Bt61 billion. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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