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Plastic Bag Fees Cut Consumption In China By Half


Researchers at the University of Gothenburg found that Chinese shoppers (the number one users of plastic bags in the world) cut their consumption of disposable bags in half thanks to the ordinance against free plastic bags that was implemented in June 2008. Economists surveyed over 3,000 Chinese consumers before and after the ordinance began, and found that before the ordinance, subjects reported using an average of 21 new plastic bags per week and said they rarely re-used any of their bags; post-ordinance, they reported using 49% less, re-using almost half of their bags. … More »

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Plastic Bag Fees Cut Consumption In China By Half

Plastic supermarket bags ban


The People’s Weekly World reports that this week, the head of the United Nations Environment Program called for worldwide ban on plastic supermarket bags. Achim Steiner, UN under-secretary-general and UNEP executive director, notes that, “Thin-film single-use plastic bags, which choke marine life, should be banned or phased out rapidly everywhere… there is simply zero justification [...]

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Plastic supermarket bags ban