A staff member checks degradable tableware products at a packing workshop of a new material enterprise in Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2025. Based on its 400,000 mu (26,666.67 hactares) of sugar cane planting fields, Gengma Dai and Va Autonomous County of Lincang City has been focusing on developing eco-friendly degradable tableware with bagasse, the waste generated during the course of sugar pressing.
These products have gained popularity in overseas countries like Germany and Italy. Now the annual production value of its degradable tableware products has approached 100 million yuan (about 13.65 million U.S. dollars), giving a great boost to local economy and employment. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
Workers load degradable tableware products into a cart at a new material enterprise in Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
An aerial drone photo taken on April 15, 2025 shows a new material enterprise leveraging sugercane bagasse to produce eco-friendly degradable tableware in Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
A staff member packs degradable tableware products at a packing workshop of a new material enterprise in Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
A staff member checks the samples of degradable tableware products on display at a product showroom of a local new material enterprise in Lincang City, southwest China's Yunnan Province, April 15, 2025. (Xinhua/Chen Xinbo)
