Green Chopsticks?

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China is urging its people to carry their own tableware when they go to restaurants. The country goes through 80 billion sets of throw-away chopsticks every year. That comes to 20 million trees, per year. China is the world’s largest consumer of wood, and demand for imported lumber has tripled since 2000. So Americans can properly display an aire of superiority for our reusable metal forks and spoons.

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