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Disposable chopsticks phased out
Created: 2008-6-12 0:31:27
Author:Ralph Jennings
ABOUT 10,000 Taiwan convenience stores will withhold disposable chopsticks from hordes of customers used to getting them with take-out meals, officials said yesterday.
From next Wednesday in Taipei, and by July 1 on the rest of the island, four convenience store chains will give out the wooden single-use chopsticks only on request, the island's environment protection agency said.
Consumers should be motivated to carry reusable chopsticks, said He Shun-chin, waste management director with the agency.
Taiwan's small restaurants also will be encouraged, with the enticement of saving money, to phase out disposable chopsticks, He said.
The move comes amid conservation efforts across Asia.
From next Wednesday in Taipei, and by July 1 on the rest of the island, four convenience store chains will give out the wooden single-use chopsticks only on request, the island's environment protection agency said.
Consumers should be motivated to carry reusable chopsticks, said He Shun-chin, waste management director with the agency.
Taiwan's small restaurants also will be encouraged, with the enticement of saving money, to phase out disposable chopsticks, He said.
The move comes amid conservation efforts across Asia.
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