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At Vancouver International Airport, beside Bill Reid’s famous Spirit of Haida Gwaii jade canoe sculpture, sits a brand-new installation: a beige Mini car with a giant pile of chopsticks spilling out from the trunk and onto the ground.

The pop-up installation at the international departures terminal, near the food court, marks an unusual milestone for YVR.

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“We’re very excited. We’ve been collecting chopsticks since December 2016, and today we officially recycled our one-millionth chopsticks,” said Marion Town, director of environment for the Vancouver Airport Authority.

The airport, which had close to 26 million passengers travel through its terminals, food court, and eateries last year, ends up with a lot of a discarded chopsticks.

As part of a broader environmental management plan that aims to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, potable water use, and divert waste from landfill, it partnered with Vancouver-based ChopValue to collect and recycle the bamboo utensils.