Charging for plastic bags cut bag consumption by half in China

Sunday, November 28, 2010 - 22:30 in Physics & Chemistry

Research from Sweden shows that people in China -- the number one consumers of plastic bags in the world -- reduced their consumption of plastic bags by half when stores were forced to charge consumers for the bags.

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