Do you care about the environment? do you recycle? do you think about your impact? Do you call yourself ecologists and according to everyone you are greener than the Hulk? Well, then certainly you will not use anything that is disposable in your daily life unless strictly necessary: then no glasses, cutlery, plastic plates, no napkins or paper handkerchiefs but ... some of you have ever thought that even chopsticks disposable also called chopsticks are also disposable and since they are made of wood they also contribute to deforestation as well as pollution like any disposable product !?
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Do you care about the environment? do you recycle? do you think about your impact? Do you call yourself ecologists and according to everyone you are greener than the Hulk? Well, then you certainly won't use it in your day to day nothing that is disposable if not strictly necessary: then no glasses, cutlery, plastic plates, no napkins or paper handkerchiefs but ... some of you have ever thought that even disposable chopsticks also called "chopstick" are also disposable and since they are made of wood they also contribute to deforestation as well as pollution like any disposable product !?
Suffice it to say that in an article that appeared in the New York Times in the summer of 2010, the news was reported that a relentless fight against the production of disposable chopsticks had opened in China.
The news was forwarded directly by the Chinese government which, through its Ministry of Commerce and five other ministries, warned that "... companies that make disposable chopsticks will face local government restrictions aimed at reducing the use of tools. disposable ... the production, circulation and recycling of disposable chopsticks should be more closely monitored "
All motivated by the fact that to keep up with market demand 24 acres of trees were to be felled every 100 hoursi, in fact, although it certainly may seem like a drop in the ocean given the enormous environmental problems that the government was and still faces as usual, it is always good to think of the drop rather than nothing and if this turns into a annual savings of 36500 acres of forest welcome the war on disposable chopsticks!
According to Treehugger, in fact, in Asia, the growing movement of young people sensitive to environmental issues is also rewarded by those businesses that for the customers who bring their chopsticks from home donate gadgets or discount coupons.
The Chinese blog "Bingfeng Teahouse" reports the news that China now produces and discards more than 45 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks , every year, cutting well 25 million trees in the process, according to government statistics. Another 15 billion pairs are exported to Japan, South Korea and other countries.
Il Japan has banned the cutting of trees for the production of disposable chopsticks, but the problem is not solved as 99% of disposable chopsticks are imported from China: the impetus for the bring-your-own movement comes from different directions!
So if you don't want to listen to the numerous activists who encourage people to take reusable chopsticks with them by rejecting the disposable ones and you still want to use them at least once after having discarded, detached and used them for eating ... well first of all don't throw them away ...
Do you know how many different ways it is possible to re-use them? No? Well here are some ideas!
You can use them like garden-marker, as sticks for making popsicles at home or to do the skewers of tofu or seitan and in general in the kitchen to turn dishes if tied together simply with a strong elastic at the top that you will hold in your hand but still you can use them to mix the paint or as a hair clip:
… But you can also make it an ambient diffuser of scented oils
you can also build an iPad holder (instructions here)
a paralume (qui il tutorial)
a centerpiece or a fruit bowl ... or a soap dish!
but also to make placemats or coasters or saucers using the same criterion.
But still you can use them like knitting needles after having worked them well!
But if you are particularly good you could try your hand at making a copy of these fantastic sandals all recycled made by Joseph palmer per la Spring green competition 2010!
And finally you can use them as artistic materialPasted Graphic 1.tiff ¬ ... because you know 'imagination and experimentation have no limits!
In short, do you still want to throw them?
good creation!
KIA - Carmela Giambrone
Also read 50 alternative uses of toothpicks
