Houston Community News >> China Restricts Use of Plastic Bags

6/1/2008 Beijing (Xinhua)-- Wang Yali is busy packing her groceries at a supermarket as usual. However, she doesn't put her goods into plastic shopping bags, but stuffs them all into her own bag.

From Sunday, Chinese retailers, including supermarkets, department stores and grocery stores, would no longer provide free plastic shopping bags.

China will try to reduce the use of plastic bags which will save energy and control pollution.

'It doesn't matter how much a plastic shopping bag costs. What matters is our sense for environmental protection,' Wang said.

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