Rice into low-carbon plastic: bringing hope to a struggling Fukushima town

March 09, 2023

Last November, Tokyo-based firm Biomass Resin opened a factory in Namie to turn locally-grown rice into pellets. "Even now, we can't sell it as Fukushima rice. The same wave slammed into the nuclear plant, setting off meltdowns and explosions. Takemitsu Imazu, President of Biomass Resin Fukushima shows rice in a sack during an interview with Reuters at its factory in Namie, about 7 km from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant, Fukushima Prefecture, Japan February 28, 2023. "Even now, we can't sell it as Fukushima rice.

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