"We should encourage people to return to carrying cloth bags, using baskets for their vegetables."
According to Worldwatch Institute, an environmental research group, plastic bags dissolve over 1,000 years. The group also estimates consumers worldwide toss about 500 billion plastic bags annually.
In March 2007, San Francisco became the first North American city to ban non-recyclable plastic bags made from petroleum products.
Later in April, the Manitoba town of Leaf Rapids became the first Canadian municipality to prohibit plastic sacks.
Other regions in South Africa, Ireland and Taiwan have placed additional fees and taxes on the bags to discourage use.
http://www.cbc.ca/consumer/story/2008/01/08/china-bags.html
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China Bans Plastic Shopping Bags
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Jan 08, 2008 02:29 PM <br />
Rob Ferguson <br />
Queen's Park Bureau<br />
John Spears <br />
CITY HALL BUREAU<br />
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Ontario won’t follow China’s move to reduce pollution by banning plastic shopping bags, Premier Dalton McGuinty said today. <br />
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However, during a morning visit to Kitchener, the premier also said the Chinese plan is a reminder that the west should be “rethinking” its reliance on the bags. <br />
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