Despite problems, ban on free plastic bags is paying off
By Zheng Jinran | China Daily | Updated: 2011-05-28 07:46
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A vendor offers a free plastic bag as she sells vegetables in a market in the Chaoyang district of Beijing on Friday. Wang Jing / China Daily |
BEIJING - China has saved 24 billion plastic bags since it introduced a ban three years ago on merchants giving them away, the National Development and Reform Commission has said.
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