[Publius6961]

This whole discussion is stupid.
A manufactured "crisis". The bamboo that the sticks are made of are like weeds, for crying out loud. If there was ever a guaranteed eternal renewable resource, this is it.

Much ado about nothing.
Literally...

What's next? A sand shortage?

[lainie]

That's my point in posting it. The AP declares it's an environmental story for the newly-eco-friendly China, but in fact it's just China putting the screws to Japan in a faux crisis.

[ThanhPhero]

Most of the disosable sticks are not bamboo. They, in fact, are derived from actual trees.