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Fashion

How used chopsticks are being turned into furniture

People around the world discard at least 80 billion pairs of chopsticks every year… just think of all those trees that number represents!

Today, though, thanks to one Canadian company, there just might be an answer to this wastage. ChopValue wants to give those wooden utensils a second life as shelves, furniture and countertops.

View the original video here.

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