New Delhi, February 23 Leading sugar company Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd has secured its first large institutional order from the Lucknow Cantonment Board to supply green bioplastic products, including compostable garbage bags.
Headquartered in Kolkata, Balrampur Chini has diversified into the bioplastic business and is setting up a PLA (Poly Lactic Acid) manufacturing plant in Kumbhi, Uttar Pradesh, with a total annual capacity of 80,000 tonnes.
In a regulatory filing on Monday, the company stated that its PLA division, Balrampur Bioyug, has secured its first official institutional order from the Lucknow Cantonment Board.
The order includes compostable garbage bags (in two sizes), 300 ml PLA bottles, 3D-printed PLA compostable pens, and PLA folders – all manufactured from renewable, bio-based PLA, a 100 per cent compostable material with a low carbon footprint that leaves no microplastics behind.
The Lucknow Cantonment, which spans 6,760 acres, is administered by the Lucknow Cantonment Board, a statutory body functioning under the administrative control of the Director General of Defence Estates, Ministry of Defence, Government of India.
Balrampur Chini expects its PLA plant to be operational in October this year.
Avantika Saraogi, Executive Director of Balrampur Chini Mills, said, "This order from the Lucknow Cantonment Board represents more than just a procurement milestone; it signals institutional trust in India's emerging biopolymer capabilities."
"The adoption of compostable PLA products across various operational categories demonstrates that sustainable materials are no longer experimental alternatives, but credible, performance-oriented solutions for large-scale institutional use," she added.
Balrampur Chini Mills stated that the order from the Lucknow Cantonment Board signals a shift from fossil-based materials to bio-based alternatives within institutional systems amid growing concerns about single-use plastics and micro-plastic contamination.
Balrampur Chini Mills Ltd, one of the largest integrated sugar companies in India, has ten sugar factories in Uttar Pradesh with a combined sugarcane crushing capacity of 80,000 tonnes per day.
It also has distillery and co-generation operations of 1050 kilo litres per day and 175.7 MW, respectively.
