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CONSCIOUS CHOPSTICKS.


Are you tired of all those disposable chopsticks floating around your utensil drawers? Simplify your life and recycle them! Juvel International, a family owned and operated business, has recently introduced attractive, long-lasting chopsticks that do more than replace wasteful, single-use ones. The company's Rare Earth Chopsticks ($11) are handmade hand·made  
adj.
Made or prepared by hand rather than by machine.


handmade
Adjective

made by hand, not by machine

Adj. 1.
 by master craftsmen A master craftsman (sometimes called only master or grandmaster) was a member of a guild. In the European guild system, only master craftsmen were allowed to actually be members of the guild.  based in a small village in Southern Thailand Southern Thailand is a distinct region of Thailand, connected with the Central region by the narrow Kra Isthmus. Geography
Southern Thailand is located on the Malay Peninsula, with an area around 70,713 km², bounded to the north by Kra Isthmus as the narrowest part of
. These villagers earn a fair wage, and they use non-endangered softwoods and recycled hardwoods. Juvel also donates five percent of profits toward forest preservation and village development. The elegant chopsticks come with a handwoven hand·wo·ven  
adj.
1. Woven on a hand-operated loom: handwoven rugs.

2. Woven by hand: handwoven baskets.

Adj. 1.
 reed pouch for sanitary storage and easy gift giving. CONTACT: Juvel International, (877) 774-4745, www.juvelinternation al.com.
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Title Annotation:from Juvel International
Author:Vartan, Starre
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Article Type:Brief Article
Date:Nov 1, 2001
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