{"id":14102,"date":"2007-08-10T08:12:48","date_gmt":"2007-08-10T15:12:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/08\/10\/call-to-abandon-wooden-chopsticks-shan-juan\/"},"modified":"2007-08-10T08:12:48","modified_gmt":"2007-08-10T15:12:48","slug":"call-to-abandon-wooden-chopsticks-shan-juan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/2007\/08\/call-to-abandon-wooden-chopsticks-shan-juan\/","title":{"rendered":"Call to Abandon Wooden Chopsticks &#8211; Shan Juan"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/57165298.php\" onclick=\"window.open('http:\/\/chinadigitaltimes.net\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/57165298.php','popup','width=594,height=407,scrollbars=no,resizable=no,toolbar=no,directories=no,location=no,menubar=no,status=no,left=0,top=0'); return false\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/mt-old\/thumbnail\/57165298-thumb.jpg\" width=\"145\" height=\"100\" alt=\"\" \/><\/a> From China Daily:<\/p>\n<blockquote><p>Restaurant owners and patrons should abandon the use of disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment, an official with the China Cuisine Association (CCA), has said.<\/p>\n<p>Bian Jiang, its secretary-general, recently called on restaurant operators to phase out one-use cutlery, especially wooden chopsticks, in preparation for next year&#8217;s green Olympics. The country produces and discards more than 45 billion pairs of wooden chopsticks every year, at a cost to the environment of about 25 million trees, Bian said&#8230;.<a href=\"http:\/\/www.chinadaily.com.cn\/china\/2007-08\/10\/content_6020039.htm\">[Full Text]<\/a><\/p><\/blockquote>\n<p>[Image: Photo of Chinese wooden chopsticks from Google Image]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>From China Daily: Restaurant owners and patrons should abandon the use of disposable chopsticks for the good of their health and the environment, an official with the China Cuisine Association (CCA), has said. 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