I saw a pair of chopsticks laying around that my roommate is using when eating out. This got me thinking, is "carrying your own chopsticks" a real environmentally friendly action, or is it just yet another fashion trend for people to brag about.
Most of the cheapo one-time-only "wooden chopsticks" are not exactly made from the rain forest quality wood. They are mainly made out of bamboo. And the only drawback I can foresee is that some pandas might starve to death, which is not entirely a bad idea in my opinion.
How about the extra trash we got when using those wooden chopsticks? Well, bamboo deteriorates just like any other organic material. However, the clean water and dish detergent one wasted on washing just one pair of chopsticks just outweighs the benefit of using one's own chopsticks, not to mention that most dish detergents are not environmentally friendly.
Now why do people do it? Maybe they just thought it's a fashion statement. Or maybe they feel bad that we human are destroying the earth and something need to be done. Yet they are stupid enough not to evaluate what is right and what is wrong. If you think I am wrong, then convince me otherwise.
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This is a very nice idea to buy the eco friendly chopsticks and use them if you are eating outside. Many a times these restaurants owner’s use the steel or plastic spoons and which is used by other customers as well, that increases the chance of social contact and after the situations of this pandemic we should avoid social contact. Therefore we should use the degradable chopsticks so that we can keep ourselves healthy.
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