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January 8, 2008 10:30 AM

No longer made in China

China is taking the lead on a major environmental problem. The government recently announced that, as of June 1, it will ban plastic shopping bags.

According to a CBC report, the government wants to see a return to reusable cloth bags and baskets. "Our country consumes huge amounts of plastic bags every year. While providing convenience to consumers, they have also caused serious pollution, and waste of energy and resources, because of excessive use and inadequate recycling," a government statement said.

Posted by Ian Hanington at January 8, 2008 10:30 AM
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Sharon
This is an excellent move on China's part. I wish every country would do that too! I also hope that every Industry will take on the responsiblity of recycling it's own products. If it cannot be recycled, it cannot be manufactured. And the manufacturing process should be done emission free or filtered. We have to stop thinking that this Planet is our Garbage dump!


lora bruncke
Bamboo makes great stuff.

So does hemp.

I traded my plastic cutting boards for bamboo when I realized my vegetables were being seasoned with plastic!