I have heard from Mr. Akasaka that he was on a business trip to Germany! -What was your purpose of going to Germany this time? “I went to an exhibition called“ K2019 ”held in Dusseldorf.“ K ”is the acronym for“ Kunstsoff ”, which means plastic in German. More than 30,000 companies were exhibiting at the rubber exhibition.I'm involved in injection molding molds, so I have seen "biodegradable resins" especially on business trips to study that. " -Biodegradable resin, you don't know ... "Plastic garbage issues have recently become a hot topic in Japan, but it is being taken up even more overseas. A plastic straw is attached to the turtle's nose. Many people may remember that the photos that were stabbed became a hot topic.The biodegradable resin is a resin that decays like wood, depending on the type of plastic and the shape of the product. The biodegradation takes about 3 to 6 weeks in compost, about 3 years in the soil, and about 5 to 10 years in the sea, and concrete products such as bags, straws, trays and bottles are also being developed. In France, there is a legislation that only 50% or more of the biodegradable resin can be used as disposable tableware. ”Did you decide to go to Germany? “In 2016, after the previous“ K ”was held, I had the opportunity to listen to a lecture by someone who went to“ K ”at a seminar. So, 240 bottle caps were molded in about 2 seconds. I saw a video of an Austrian company that I was shocked and thought that this was probably going to Europe.I decided that I would definitely go next time, that is, 2019, and accumulated more than 2 years ... lol The long-awaited trip to Germany has been realized. ”The champagne glass in the photo was made by Nissei Plastic Industry Co., Ltd. and is made of biodegradable resin. -Pura now has the impression of being a bad guy. "That's right. I'm going to be a bad guy, but I can't go away with plastic moldings. In Europe, the continent, I have to have more than 1 billion people drink water, I have to give an injection. For this reason, a lot of disposable moldings are needed, but on the other hand, as the story of the sea turtles mentioned at the beginning, we are suffering from living things. In some countries, it may flow unintentionally into the sea or river due to a disaster, etc., and there are countries that are culturally not educated to “do not throw away garbage naturally.” For such cases, biodegradable resins It is said that it is necessary. ”-What is the hurdle now? “Molding with biodegradable resin is not technically easy yet, and the material is expensive. It ’s easy to say that it ’s harmful because it ’s harmful, but as I said earlier. It is practically difficult to completely eliminate the molded product, and we think that it is our role to think first about how to clear the challenges and face each other. Thank you for the story.