Last November, Biomass Resin opened a factory in Namie to turn locally-grown rice into pellets. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Even better, Mr Abe knows the rice that he and a cooperative grow will have a steady buyer, and his town of Namie, still struggling to recover from the March 2011 disaster, has a new hope: a venture that turns rice unsellable for consumption due to health worries into low-carbon plastic used by major firms across Japan.
“Even now, we can’t sell it as Fukushima rice. So having Biomass come was a huge help. We can grow rice without worries.” Nobody was allowed back to live until 2017, after decontamination efforts that left tonnes of radioactive soil stored around the town for years, including in the fields across from Mr Abe’s.
A general view of Namie town which is about 7km from the crippled Fukushima Dai-Ichi nuclear plant. PHOTO: REUTERS “It’s mostly recovered from the quake and tsunami, but the other two are still heavy burdens... By building our factory here, we want to bring jobs and invite people back.”
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