#rule 138

Rule #138: Disposable chopsticks

Landslides in Gansu, which have killed 1117 people so far, has gotten people to ponder the issue of disposable chopsticks. Because apparently, they contribute greatly to the ongoing deforestation and desertification of China, which has been blamed for causing worse floods every year.

Some crazy stats about China’s disposable chopsticks industry:

China’s population goes through roughly 45 billion…