The Mon State Government and Toyo-Thai Corporation Public Co., Ltd [TTC Public Co., Ltd]
are planning to construct a rubber waste pellet fuel plant within the state, according to Mon
State’s Investment and Companies Directorate Department.

Representatives of the TTC Public Co., Ltd met with Mon State’s Investment and Companies
Directorate Department officials on Friday [September 2]. At the meeting, the company’s
representatives presented its plan to choose a location where the majority of rubber is produced
to construct a plant. The plant will produce fuel from recycling raw rubber trees including its
branches and roots, according to U Myint Lwin, the head of Mon State’s Investment and Companies
Directorate Department.

“TTCL came to meet with the [state] government about the pellet fuel plant idea. TTCL
will use rubber branches and wood sticks to produce pellet fuel. It will grind the tree branches and
roots and mix with coal to produce pellet fuel,” said Dr. Min Kyi Win, the minister of Mon State’s
natural resource and environment conservation.

The TTCL has not disclosed its plan to the Mon State Government in detail. It will conduct a
field study and then present its finding to the government. As per TTCL’s plan, if the public
accepts it, the state government will not turn it down, according to Dr. Min Kyi Win.