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Plastic bag use down since ban imposed
By Wang Lihui and Han Jing |
June 27, 2011, Monday
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SUPER-THIN plastic bags which cannot meet the state standard, are rarely seen in the large shopping malls or supermarkets in Jiading District, but still can commonly be seen at trade markets, small stores and stalls nowadays.
Since the policy banning the use of plastic bags was carried out in 2008, China has prohibited the production, sales and use of plastic shopping bags less than 0.025 millimeters thick, and all the supermarkets, shopping malls and trade markets are ordered to charge the customers for using the plastic bags.
Nowadays most residents bring shopping bags when shopping at supermarkets and shopping malls. Those large malls and supermarkets in the district have already abandoned the use of super-thin plastic bags and charge for plastic bags. However, some vendors at wet markets still offer nonstandard plastic bags to customers.
Wang Dayong, deputy director of the district's development and reform commission, said that hospitals and restaurants will also implement the ban this year.
The tourist attractions in Zhouqiao bring about 50 to 60 buckets of waste per day, one of which contains at least 20 to 30 plastic bags, according to a sanitation worker in charge of the area.
Ma Lei, vice manager of a waste treatment plant in Anting Town, said, "There were more than 10 tons of plastic bags alone among the daily garbage before the ban was carried out. The plastic bags taken to the plant have been reduced to 4 tons."
Since the policy banning the use of plastic bags was carried out in 2008, China has prohibited the production, sales and use of plastic shopping bags less than 0.025 millimeters thick, and all the supermarkets, shopping malls and trade markets are ordered to charge the customers for using the plastic bags.
Nowadays most residents bring shopping bags when shopping at supermarkets and shopping malls. Those large malls and supermarkets in the district have already abandoned the use of super-thin plastic bags and charge for plastic bags. However, some vendors at wet markets still offer nonstandard plastic bags to customers.
Wang Dayong, deputy director of the district's development and reform commission, said that hospitals and restaurants will also implement the ban this year.
The tourist attractions in Zhouqiao bring about 50 to 60 buckets of waste per day, one of which contains at least 20 to 30 plastic bags, according to a sanitation worker in charge of the area.
Ma Lei, vice manager of a waste treatment plant in Anting Town, said, "There were more than 10 tons of plastic bags alone among the daily garbage before the ban was carried out. The plastic bags taken to the plant have been reduced to 4 tons."
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