Gosh…China has taxed plastic bags !!! I have just read that from June of this year shops in China will not be giving away plastic bags. If shoppers need a bag they will have to buy one. I think this is fantastic news….lets hope it wont be long before other countries follow suit.
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January 16th, 2008 at 9:18 pm
That is great news, we really must keep campaigning to get rid of plastic bags. Everyone needs to get into the habit of taking reusable bags to the shop, I have loads of cotton and string bags that I keep in my rather large work bag ready to carry whatever I need to (whether food vegetables from the market or books from the library). I notice that men tend to shy away from resuable bags so lets encourage them to do so – perhaps there is a niche in the market for more masculine styled reusable shopping bags.