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Scary storey about disposable chopstick. Protect yourself, protect the tree. Do you know what is these chopstick made of?. Brief infor. On production of Disposable Chopstick. 1. Cut from Bamboo Trees. 2. Production in Central of Vietnam.
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Scary storey about disposable chopstick Protect yourself, protect the tree
Brief infor. On production of Disposable Chopstick 1. Cut from Bamboo Trees
3. Bleach using sulfur & Hydrogen Peroxide (Not disinfect) 硫磺 sulfur 雙氧水Hydrogen Peroxide
6. Shipping ready to be sent to Taiwan It takes 1 mth from Ex-factory to Taiwan. Meantime, the chopstick is exposed to rat & cockroach.
7. Wrapping process (without any disinfection) Upon arival in Taiwan, these chopstick are sent to small factory to be wrapped without any disinfection process b4 sending to restaurants.
There are thousand and million of monkey residing inside these chopstick
Monkey face inside the chopstick The leftover from the chemical would stay inside these holes until you use them.
Conclusion from the experiment conducted by a primary school student • 1.Soak the chopstick in the water for one week – It stinks • 2. Planted green pea in the soaked water, resulted longer growing process, it stop growing when reach 5-6cm, & finally died. • 3.Smoke from burning these chopstick is tested to be acidic.
Carbon dioxide found in the bamboo chopstick • Avoid using disposable chopstick which is very white as it is not the original colour of the wood. Chopstick that is too white may have been bleach excessively. • Advisable to soak in hot water b4 use to release carbon dioxide. • Best not to use these chopstick for bbq, and leave in the soup as it tend to release more carbon dioxide
Possible consequences of using disposable chopstick • Suffer difficult breathing, vomit, diarrhoea etc. and loss of calcium due to sulfur. • Suffer Asthma and difficult in breathing • Limpa blockage
If you cant avoid... It is suggested to smell the chopstick b4 use. If any sour smell, possibly it contain CO2. And soak them in warm and hot water for 2 to 3 min to reduce the CO2.
By continuing consuming disposable chopstick.. • A 20-year old tree could produce 3000-4000 pairs of chopstick • Taiwanese use more than 100billion pairs • Which means 29 million of trees are being cut every year
Is it possible that Taiwan will recycle the use chopstick? As reported by reliable sources, it was found that the disposable chopstick are being recycle by reusing sulfur & Hydrogen Peroxide.