How Many Trees Does China Cut For Chopsticks?
Tags: How Many Trees Does China Cut For Chopsticks?
25 million trees. Sorry, but can we repeat that number again? 25 million trees make the 45 billion pairs of chopsticks that China uses IN ONE YEAR!!! Add to this number the number of single use chopsticks used around the world, and oh boy! do we have a number to scare the chopsticks out of us.
Remember that the next time we’re so inclined to impress our dinner date with our chopstick usage skills!
Below is a picture of a used chopstick sculpture erected in Shanghai to draw attention to the issue. (click link to read full post at Inhabitat)
China Environmental Protection Foundation's Sculpture made of used chopsticks.
Tags: How Many Trees Does China Cut For Chopsticks?
One Comment
Leave a Reply
2011/06/14 at 08:12:42
You get those plastic ones too and they are good so people should start using that.