It's also a plastic substitute! A new material made from "bamboo" [WBS] (far East BIZ)-Yahoo! Journalism

The plates and spoons held by Hitomi Tanaka Anna look like plastic, but they are actually made of bamboo.

With the improvement of global environmental awareness, a variety of alternative materials have emerged, but in the future, "bamboo" may also become one of the protagonists. It is about 30 minutes drive from downtown Kumamoto. What appears in front of the residential area is a lush bamboo forest. "this is a completely unarmed bamboo forest. There is bamboo on the steep slope of the back mountain, which is easy to cause collapse. "(Ino Daoxing of the Kumamoto Prefecture Forest Association) compared with trees, bamboo has shallower roots in the ground, so the risk of landslides becomes higher if they wither. In July last year, the shelved bamboo forest in Kumamoto prefecture collapsed. In addition, Fujii also said, "the placement of bamboo forests has become a place for wild boars to live and eat, and a way to enter people's villages." the occurrence of animal damage is also one of the reasons for placing bamboo forests. The state provides subsidies for logging, but the current situation is of no effective use. In this case, it is the venture enterprise "Amikatera" that begins to put bamboo forest into active use. The factory, which opened in September, makes straws made from broken bamboo. It has been used in many restaurants such as "Mian Mi" and "Yazhong Coffee". The raw material is the solidified particles of crushed bamboo. Raw material particles are made in Taiwan. Amikatra uses straws and these particles from Taiwan to develop a variety of bamboo tableware. "at first, I just touched it and broke it. Now, in this state, technological improvement has been making continuous progress. "(president of Mikatra Sengda) Taiwan has a long history of bamboo industry. For example, the tableware offered in the highway service area is actually made of bamboo. Durability, like plastic, can also be used in microwave ovens. The one who makes bamboo tableware is Wang Zheng-hsiung of Ethan Quantum Fiber. Mr. Masada of Amikatra and a partner who has been developing bamboo for nearly 20 years. "Bamboo fiber is called an antibacterial material, which is not only friendly to the body, but also harmful to the environment," Mr. Wang said. " I also interviewed the factory that makes bamboo granules. Xiao Wang showed me bamboo powder. Here, we use our own mixing technology to mix starch and so on to make granules. Because it comes from plants, even if the container is buried directly in the soil, it can be decomposed by bacteria in about 2 years. Katada and Xiao Wang want to use this technology to make particles from Japanese bamboo. At the beginning of this month, Mr. Yoshida appeared in Kumamoto's bamboo forest. Starting from January next year, we will start using Japanese bamboo factories to produce granules. Large enterprises such as Sumitomo and House Food Group Corporation also contributed. It is expected to be used as a substitute for plastics. "all over Japan, not to mention the Kyushu area, there is a lot of bamboo. In order to solve the problem of removing plastics and the problem of placing bamboo forests, we should advance with two purposes. "(president Zengtian)