Toshiba Home Lighting Co., a home lighting equipment maker belonging to the Toshiba Group of Japan, launched a series of Japanese-style lighting fixtures made from plant-based plastic on April 1, 2007. They are the first products of this kind to be marketed in the lighting industry.

This eco-friendly plastic is polylactic acid resin made from corn starch, and is used to make sheet-shaped shades for Japanese style ceiling-type lights and the bodies of remotes.

It has been found that, based on product lifecycle from manufacturing to disposal, carbon dioxide emissions are 30 percent lower with the plant-based plastic than petroleum-based plastic.

http://www.tlt.co.jp/tlt/index_e.htm

Posted: 2007/08/02 10:06:16 PM
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TAG Eco-product/Business , Manufacturing industry