Convenience store operator Seven-Eleven Japan Co. said Monday it will start selling all of its rice balls in wraps made of biomass plastics possibly from July as it aims to reduce the use of fossil-fuel-derived materials for the environment.The company's move, affecting the some 2.2 billion "onigiri" rice balls -- white rice typically formed into a triangular shape and wrapped in nori seaweed -- it sells annually, comes as more Japanese firms adopt plant-derived plastics amid the government's calls for reducing plastic waste to prevent marine pollution.By replacing a part of the wrapping's …READ FULL ARTICLE
