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Takeo chopsticks offer locally sourced green alternative
Publication date 19 March 2023 | 21:05 | ICT

The vast majority of reusable bamboo chopsticks are imported; meaning the environmental cost of transporting them can sometimes outweigh the benefits that come with avoiding cheap disposable cutlery. One man in Takeo province is slowly

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