Sunday, December 10, 2006

Pay per bag in China

Charging for shopping bags

12-07-2006
http://www.cctv.com/program/bizchina/20061207/101435.shtml
Lu Yuying, CCTV

China's supermarket industry spends five billion yuan on shopping bags and packing boxes each year. The financial and environmental costs are tremendous. Now some supermarkets in the southwestern city of Kunming City have begun to charge for plastic bags, but response has been lukewarm...

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