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Bringing your own Chopsticks for Sushi Meal |
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With the growth of Japanese sushi restaurants, the use of disposable chopsticks in Hong Kong is also rapidly increasing. As we get used to using disposable chopsticks in sushi restaurants, and further view such behavior as acceptable, we are not only wasting valuable resources, but also reinforcing the 'Disposable Culture'.
We can do something to resist the 'Disposable Culture'! As early as 2006, Taiwan and Beijing have already launched the 'Bring your own Chopsticks' movement, encouraging the public not to use disposable cutlery no matter you are taking-away or eating-in. |
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Friends of the Earth (HK) has now launched the 'No More Disposable Chopsticks' Campaign
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By persuasion : |
convincing local Japanese restaurants that the industry should take responsibility for the environment.
- When eating in, use reusable chopsticks instead of disposable ones. |
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Through encouragement: |
bring your own chopsticks for sushi meals |
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By inspection: |
investigating the chemical composition of the disposable chopsticks (following the Chinese Government Official Hygiene Standard) of 14 major Japanese chain restaurants in Hong Kong
- to ensure public safety, the hygiene condition of disposable chopsticks must be monitored |
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Appeal：Let's all use reusable chopsticks |
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The handling fees for the mass amount of disposable chopsticks disposed in landfill site are in fact subsidized by taxpayers. Not only is this unfair to taxpayers who are not involved, it also promotes moral hazard for the real "polluters" – the restaurants.
Your support will be greatly valued whilst we urge the use of reusable chopsticks at eateries. We advise all friends of the Earth to prepare their own chopsticks when eating out, and return the disposable chopsticks provided, courteously replying, "For the sake of the environment, I don't want disposable chopsticks!"
Your action can pressurize the Japanese restaurants, so they can't excuse themselves from using reusable chopsticks on the account of "customer service".
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| If you are dining at the following Japanese restaurants, please bring your own chopsticks and return the disposable chopsticks provided. |
Genryoku Sushi |
Meguro Sushi |
Hokkaido Katsu Sushi |
Genki Sushi |
Iccho Japanese Restaurant |
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Mi-Ne Sushi |
Itamai Sushi |
Nagoyaka Tei |
Ming General Japanese Sushi Restaurant |
Itacho Sushi |
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Ha-Ne Sushi |
Jyo Sushi |
Ichiban |
Yoshinoya
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The Environmental Impact of Disposable Chopsticks: |
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It seems not a big deal to discard a pair of disposable chopsticks, but when all 7 million citizens in Hong Kong dispose one pair of chopsticks each day, that will sum up to 7 million pairs of chopsticks; which also mean the destruction of a forest, some wild animals' habitat, or even the whole ecosystem.
This is no exaggeration as the world uses 80 billion pairs of disposable chopsticks a year; China alone consumes 45 billion pairs. The use of disposable chopsticks reflects the exacerbating situation of the 'Disposable Culture'.
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Why focus on Japanese Sushi Restaurants? |
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Noticing Japanese restaurants that use disposable chopsticks are becoming more popular in recent years (according to the industry’s data, there are over 200 Japanese restaurant brands), especially among youngsters, FoE (HK) worries that the problem of disposable chopsticks will continue to get worse, and the ‘Disposable Culture’ will penetrate deeply into our next generation.
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'No More Disposable Chopsticks' movement is sponsored by the Hong Kong Environmental Campaign Committee. |
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