Former Everton man Tom Davies opens bizarre new chopstick business

Tom Davies is now the managing director of Chop Value UK, a business that turns chopsticks into environmentally friendly furniture.

Tom Davies, a former midfielder for Everton, has started a new company that intends to make chopsticks into environmentally friendly furniture.

The 25-year-old Davies, who is currently a Sheffield United player, has started a new business in Liverpool called Chop Value UK. As part of the so-called “circular economy,” the company has collected over five million chopsticks from restaurants to make statement furniture and home goods.

In addition to his brother Liam Davies, a former professional football player with Tranmere Rovers, Chester FC, and Southport, and his agent Neil Sang, who will act as a company director, Davies, who made 179 first-team appearances for Everton between 2015 and 2023, will assume the role of managing director.

“We are paving the way for a greener future, where not only waste streams are transformed into valuable products made to last, but we can also source, produce, and distribute locally in our communities,” said Davies. “I visit the Micro factory and experience the craft behind our products. I’ve enjoyed getting stuck into every aspect of the business, from literally sorting bags of used chopsticks after collection, to working the laser engraving machine.

“As a footballer, I am grateful for the platform my career has provided me and am committed to lead by example. Educating others on subjects like the importance of sustainability and responsible manufacturing is my priority, with the goal of ensuring upcoming generations have the same resources we have been fortunate to have.”

In the next year, Chop Value UK is projected to convert 25 million chopsticks into premium climate positive products, saving up to 1,200 tonnes of CO2 emissions from being released into the atmosphere.

The company’s vision is to redefine the term ‘waste’ to ‘resource’, inspiring other businesses to join the circular economy, which is estimated to yield as much as £3.5 trillion in economic benefits over the next decade.

Chop Value is the world’s first circular economy franchise for commercialized decentralized manufacturing, with operations in nine countries and over 80 Micro factories in development to create local impact on a global scale, with Davies acquiring the UK franchise.

Since its founding in 2016, Chop Value’s urban harvesting approach claims to have diverted over 150 million chopsticks from the landfill.

“It’s our mission to leave no chopstick behind and given the extraordinary amount that are sent to landfill every year, there’s a huge job to be done,” said Sang.

“ChopValue UK not only looks to turn waste into resource, but instil the importance of circularity and sustainability into the communities our Microfactory operates in. To launch in Liverpool has been a dream and we’ve relished training up our new employees, showing them a new set of green carpentry skills. The magic we are making in the Microfactory is special.

“We work with local and national businesses alike and are already completing orders for a whole host of products; from restaurant tables to signage and desks for offices.”

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