I worked three summers at a plywood plant next to the largest chopstick factory in the world. This factory was in North America (Fort Nelson, BC). The chopstick factory was wasting 70% of the forestry resources. This enormous rate of waste allowed other lumber industries to compare themselves to it, and look good in the process, without having to deal with their own waste problems.
Thankfully, the factory closed its doors in the late 90's. Les Funk Prairie Agricultural Machinery Institute -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Mike Redler Sent: August-24-10 4:15 PM To: [email protected] Subject: [Gasification] How many BTU's are in a chopstick? *China's 45 Billion Disposable Chopsticks Require 100 Acres of Forests Every 24 Hours* by Michael Graham Richard, Ottawa, Canada *That's a Lot of Chopsticks* Apparently China's Ministry of Commerce has had it with disposable chopsticks. It sent out a warning to chopstick makers in June to warn them that: "Production, circulation and recycling of disposable chopsticks should be more strictly supervised." The reason? With about 45 /billion/ disposable chopstick pairs made every year in the country, or about 130 million a day, a lot of wood is being wasted, and that in a country that is trying to increase its forest coverage (from about 8% in 1949 to 12-13% today, compared to 30% for the USA). http://www.treehugger.com/files/2010/08/china-45-billion-disposable-chopsticks-100-acres-every-24-hours.php * * _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org _______________________________________________ Gasification mailing list [email protected] http://listserv.repp.org/mailman/listinfo/gasification_listserv.repp.org http://gasifiers.bioenergylists.org http://info.bioenergylists.org
