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The Tokyo Traveler

June 9th, 2008

Bring your Own Chopsticks & Save the Planet

Did you know that the use of disposable chopsticks is contributing to the decimation of forests in China? 
Asia’s appetite for chopsticks has resulted in the loss of 25 million trees a year in China and since the start of the decade and the country has exported over 165,000 tonnes of chopsticks, with 15 […]

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