https://www.atlasobscura.com/articles/recycling-chopsticks
"For more than 5,000 years, chopsticks have been the preferred dining utensil
of a sizable swath of humanity. Nowadays, around a third of the global
population uses chopsticks daily. This is both a fact of life and, given these
implements are often single-use, a serious environmental problem.
Every year, around 80 billion pairs find their way to landfills. Activists in
China, by far the world’s largest producer, have documented rates of
deforestation as high as 100 acres a day in order to keep up with demand. For
years, the Chinese government has levied taxes on manufacturers and promoted
reusable chopsticks. Yet the problem persists, primarily because the disposable
options made of aspen, birch, and bamboo are so eminently practical."
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