Chinese plastics makers are switching to biodegradable materials as Beijing stresses on pollution-free economic progress
(WorldNews China)

Lou Zhongping, dubbed the “king of plastic straws�, is changing his strategy.The founder and chairman of Saton Daily Necessities is spending US$15 million to double the size of his factory in Yiwu, Zhejiang province to produce biodegradable straws, Plastic News reported earlier this month.Lou has good reason for the switch. Orders for biodegradable straws made from polylactide acid (PLA) – a type of biodegradable plastic raw material – have exploded in the past few months from 4 per cent of… ......