皇冠体育app

A Chinese man eats noodles with disposable chopsticks at a restaurant in Beijing Wednesday, March 22, 2006. 皇冠体育app announced plans to impose a 5 percent consumption tax on disposable wooden chopsticks, in an effort to discourage consumption of items that are blamed for wasting scarce timber resources. 皇冠体育app makes about 15 billion pairs of throwaway chopsticks a year, consuming some 2 million cubic meters (71 million cubic feet) of wood. The new tax takes effect on April 1. [AP]