BONEPOSNEWS - To save the forest, China will reduce the production of disposable chopsticks (disposable) produced 80 million pairs per year...
BONEPOSNEWS - To save the forest, China will reduce the production of disposable chopsticks (disposable) produced 80 million pairs per year. Efforts to reduce the production of these wooden chopsticks China raised in parliament, the National People's Congress, on Monday (11/03/2013).
"We have to change our habits and stop producing disposable chopsticks," said Bo Guangxin, Jilin Forest Industry leaders, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) China forestry, in parliament, told the South China Morning Post. He emphasized that the habit of using disposable wood chopsticks, although looks trivial, China threatens the permanence of forest.
China chopsticks production ranging up to 80 million pairs a year, according Guangxin, it is enough to meet the Tiananmen Square with three stacked layers of chopsticks. "To meet that demand, 20 million trees had a mean age of 20 years must be cut down every year," said Guangxin.
According to the Forestry Administration of China, China's forest coverage reached 20.36% of the total land area. The per capita forest coverage reached only 0.415 hectares, a quarter of the world average. Hence, in 2007, China charge sales tax of 5% on sales of wooden chopsticks.
But, the production of wooden chopsticks China remains high. According Guangxin, because Chinese people still have a culture of eating with disposable wooden chopsticks. Ends, demand remains high disposable wooden chopsticks.
Guangxin proposed, China should change their eating habits by asking everyone to bring their own chopsticks. Second, gradually, introduced chopsticks made from steel or aluminum to replace sumpir disposable timber.
Meanwhile, demand for timber China has tripled since 2000 to reach 180 million cubic meters in 2011, as the report Environmental Investigation Agency based in London, England. The organization says, the increasing demand for wood-a tenth of China illegally obtained self-made forests in the world is now in the hands of China.
Each year, the National People's Congress, assembled to validate the decisions that have been made by the leaders of the communist party.
"We have to change our habits and stop producing disposable chopsticks," said Bo Guangxin, Jilin Forest Industry leaders, state-owned enterprises (SOEs) China forestry, in parliament, told the South China Morning Post. He emphasized that the habit of using disposable wood chopsticks, although looks trivial, China threatens the permanence of forest.
China chopsticks production ranging up to 80 million pairs a year, according Guangxin, it is enough to meet the Tiananmen Square with three stacked layers of chopsticks. "To meet that demand, 20 million trees had a mean age of 20 years must be cut down every year," said Guangxin.
According to the Forestry Administration of China, China's forest coverage reached 20.36% of the total land area. The per capita forest coverage reached only 0.415 hectares, a quarter of the world average. Hence, in 2007, China charge sales tax of 5% on sales of wooden chopsticks.
But, the production of wooden chopsticks China remains high. According Guangxin, because Chinese people still have a culture of eating with disposable wooden chopsticks. Ends, demand remains high disposable wooden chopsticks.
Guangxin proposed, China should change their eating habits by asking everyone to bring their own chopsticks. Second, gradually, introduced chopsticks made from steel or aluminum to replace sumpir disposable timber.
Meanwhile, demand for timber China has tripled since 2000 to reach 180 million cubic meters in 2011, as the report Environmental Investigation Agency based in London, England. The organization says, the increasing demand for wood-a tenth of China illegally obtained self-made forests in the world is now in the hands of China.
Each year, the National People's Congress, assembled to validate the decisions that have been made by the leaders of the communist party.
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