Ding Ding Ding! Well said PL
Certainly nothing to do with the trees. Some countries (China) imports wood/trees by city-size qty (thx Canada) every months and turn those into pencils and baby cradles and export back at 500% profit tag. Half of those profits shared among you know who, the guys who fund these similar EPA dept lolll
I bet these EPA staff stirs their *bux coffee with that FREE wooden stick and toss it away in the bin like nothing ever happened.
Here the crack down and policy making is not much oriented toward 'saving the world' but more on centralizing a pretty
healthy industry and policing it as effective as possible (straight forward, loud & clear!). I recognize public security and industry standards and appreciate this but I don't think similar policies elsewhere are designed with a sole intention to protect the environment - although a great argument! Wouldn't be surprised if its far from being that behind closed doors
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