Disposable vessels made by the Mangyongdae plastic goods processing company are enjoying a burgeoning demand among Pyongyang citizens.
The vessel does not contain any plastics and therefore completely degrades in three months in nature.
It can also be fed to domestic animals rather than throwing away after use.
The environment-friendly vessels are made by mixing organic materials like starch cellulose with some kinds of inorganic substances and additives. They are already in use at restaurants, shops and other amenities.
Ri Un Hye, a saleswoman at the Pyongyang Kwanghung Shop, said that the vessels are much sought after by customers, adding they seem to like them especially for they are pollution-free.
With a deep insight into the effects of pollution by plastics on humans, the Mangyongdae plastic goods processing company launched a research project for developing eco-friendly vessels several years ago. It extracted starch from by-products of potato processing plants and used them as the main ingredient for their products.
It presently has an annual production capacity of 20 million vessels in 16 kinds.
It also recycles waste plastics to make sacks, vinyl sheets, pipes and others.
“The company aims to offer a wider variety of disposable vessels and turn all other products into environment-friendly ones,” said senior engineer Pak Tong Ho.
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