Sugarcane to sustainability: India gets its first fully integrated PLA plant as Balrampur Chini unveils Bioyug

In a major boost to India’s green manufacturing push and agri-industrial integration, Kolkata-headquartered Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd (BCML) has launched ‘Balrampur Bioyug’, touted as the country’s first industrial-scale PLA (Polylactic Acid) biopolymer brand, offering a bio-based, eco-friendly alternative to fossil-derived plastics.

Balrampur Chini says that the initiative is positioned as a sustainable, “earth-to-earth” solution, representing a strategic milestone in reducing fossil-fuel reliance in packaging and single-use plastics,…