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Japan's JGC bets on carbon-feeding bacteria to create bioplastics

JGC Corporation, a Japanese engineering and chemicals company, is investing in biotechnology to develop bioplastics using carbon-feeding bacteria as a production method.

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World's first lab of its kind aims to establish mass production process swiftly

Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria, left, and plastic products made from such microbes. (Source photos by JGC Holdings)

TAISEI ASAHI

June 10, 2026 06:20 JST

TOKYO -- Japanese engineering group JGC Holdings has opened what it says is the world's first research facility for exploring mass production of bioplastics from bacteria that feed off carbon dioxide.

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Source document: Hydrogen-oxidizing bacteria, left, and plastic products made from such microbes

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Japan's JGC bets on carbon-feeding bacteria to create bioplastics

JGC Corporation, a Japanese engineering and chemicals company, is investing in biotechnology to develop bioplastics using carbon-feeding bacteria as a production method.

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