China bans free plastic shopping bags

Thursday, January 10, 2008

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 Wednesday.

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