I Never Use Them Myself,

chopsticks, I make enough mess whilst eating without having to embarrass myself further!

also I do not contribute to the 80 billion pairs that are decarded after being used only once, yes 80 billion! many of which end up discarded in landfills and other waste sites, so here is the good news for all of you that add to this disgraceful waste, since 2016 a Vancouver-based company has been upcycling the disposable utensils into a modern, minimal line of furniture and home goods,

Business Insider goes behind-the-scenes with ChopValue to chronicle the entire production process, which starts with collecting the free, raw material from about 300 restaurants around the British Columbian city,

when they’re brought back to the plant, the utensils are sorted, coated in a water-based resin, and baked in a 200-degree oven for five hours to kill all germs. They’re then broken down and loaded into a massive hydraulic machine that compresses the individual sticks into a composite board, which finally is sanded and fashioned into countertops, tiles, and dominos, among a variety of other products,

since its inception, the company has saved nearly 33 million pairs of chopsticks from entering a landfill, with three microfactories in Canada and retailers across North America, ChopValue’s footprint is growing, and the company is currently offering opportunities for franchises, also on the site you can buy shop coasters, shelving, and other goods,

and above is the video, you can follow product launches on Twitter and Instagram, I am still very dubious about recycling, for instance regarding the above I would like to see figures for things like rental of premises, cost of trucks diesel fuel and labour for collection, delivery, and manufacturing wages, insurance, the costs of buying and running a 200-degree oven for five hours, the same for a massive hydraulic machine that compresses the individual sticks, I thought it would have made more sense to burn them and use the heat for other processes, but there it is, and if you really do not want to make this appalling situation worse, do as we do when going to a Chines restaurant, use a fork and spoon that can be used again and again, do not be a part of the problem!