life without bags in China
20 June 2012 Ntvmsnbc
]]]With the plastic bag ban launched four years ago in China, saving 800 thousand tons of plastic and 24 billion pieces of bags consumption.
Authorized from Chinese Reform and Development Commission, four years ago launched plastic bag ban 4,8 million tons of oil or 6,8 million tons of coal were saved. [
Due to the consumption of plastic (800 thousand tons) and bags (about 24 billion pcs).
] [China prohibited the production and use of fine plastic bags from 0,025 millimeters, in the supermarket, grocery and shopping malls in June 2008.
Activities noted that the ban played positive role in energy and resource saving.
[In general, plastic bags are paid in grocery stores and shopping centers. Therefore, customers prefer to use bags from their own fabric or carton.
]Source: News