Bravo to China. A stain on the world is to disappear in one of the largest polluting countries of the world. A few cities in the this country have banned them and in Europe they're becoming less common. It's easy to just bring reusable shopping bags to the grocery store (or leave them in your car) so I'm fine with ditching them. My supermarket has their own and they’re quite reasonable.
I never quite understand the right’s hostility to getting rid of plastic bags. Oh I forgot, they're made from oil.
BEIJING - Declaring war on the "white pollution" choking its cities, farms and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old — steps largely welcomed by merchants and shoppers on Wednesday...
Every shopping trip used to find me returning home with a minimum of 4 of the damned things. And they're so flimsy that they can barely hold together while carrying a single heavy item; like a half gallon of milk. If I've purchased a really heavy item, they double-bag. Oh, joy!
More HERE.
So it goes.
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