Chopsticks: the new Biofuel


	Chopsticks: the new Biofuel

Tommolo

8-23-2007 5:48 PM

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japan, chopsticks, alternative energy

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8-24-2007 8:31 AM

syncopath

sometimes is better 2recycle the past than 2just drop it ..

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<div style="margin: 12px 0px; font-family: arial; color: #333333; background: #ffffff; border: solid 4px #e5e5e5; width: 100%; clear: left;"><div class="CM_CTB_Content_Wrap" style="margin: 0px; padding: 0px;background-color: #ffffff;"><div style="border-bottom: solid 1px #dcdcdc; white-space: nowrap; margin-bottom: 8px; background-color: #eeeeee ;background-image: url(http://clipmarks.com/images/source-bg.gif); background-repeat: repeat-x; height: 24px; line-height: 24px; vertical-align: middle; padding-bottom: 4px; color: #666666; font-size: 10px;" ><a href="http://clipmarks.com/clip-to-blog/" title="see clips that are hot right now"><img src="http://content.clipmarks.com/blog_embed/43009c51-d9fc-4306-b7b6-32cc466286dc/D7E9CD60-685B-4AD0-98CC-080822CF802A/" alt="" width="19" height="19" border="0" style="vertical-align: middle; margin: 0px 4px; display: inline; border: none; float:none;" /></a>clipped from <a title="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/chopsticks_the.php" href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/chopsticks_the.php" style="font-size: 11px;">www.treehugger.com</a></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/chopsticks_the.php"><P>Yup, crazy at it may seem, Japan's Ministry of Agriculture, Forestry and Fisheries is looking to introduce recycling bins to begin collection the country’s hearty supply of disposable chopsticks. It appears, that on average, each of that nations 127 million souls discards 200 sets annually. The resulting 90,000 tons of wood can, apparently, be converted to a biofuel, though those details are little sketchy. Ministry officials believe they’ll still come out in front, even after factoring in the “greenhouse gas emissions, of the process of collecting the chopsticks, carrying them to facilities and then producing the biofuel." Strikes us as an end-of-pipe ‘solution,’ particularly as it is touted as a way of reducing Japan's reliance on imported oil, especially given that 90% of the chopsticks are imported anyhow. Maybe a levy, <A href="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2006/03/china_imposes_c.php">such as China imposed</A>, would help reduce the waste in the first instance. Via <A href="http://www.physorg.com/news107016993.html">::Physorg</A>. Pic by <A href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/11956214/">Greg Baker / AP</A></P></blockquote><div style="height: 2px; font-size: 2px; background: #dcdcdc; border-bottom: solid 1px #f5f5f5; margin: 2px 4px;"></div><blockquote style="text-align: left; padding: 0px 8px; margin: 4px 0px 8px 0px; background: transparent; border: none;" cite="http://www.treehugger.com/files/2007/08/chopsticks_the.php"><div align="center"><img src="http://content8.clipmarks.com/blog_cache/www.treehugger.com/img/22866DD7-7A1F-4CF2-BA7C-2C81C2F5BF7C" alt="chopsticks-waste.jpg" /></div></blockquote></div><div style="margin: 0px 6px 6px 4px;"><table style="font-size: 11px;border-spacing: 0px;padding: 0px;" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" width="100%"><tr><td style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;">&nbsp;</td><td align="right" style="background:transparent;border-width:0px;padding:0px;width:107px" width="107"><a href="http://clipmarks.com/share/D7E9CD60-685B-4AD0-98CC-080822CF802A/blog/" title="blog or email this clip"><img src="http://content9.clipmarks.com/images/c2b-foot.png" border="0" alt="blog it" width="107" height="17" style="border-width:0px;padding:0px;margin:0px;" /></a></td></tr></table></div></div>

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