China's plastic bag ban mostly works


	China's plastic bag ban mostly works

deb2012

6-19-2008 5:11 PM

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except among smaller vendors

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fairly well, especially in supermarkets and large department stores across 
China.<BR><BR><B>Some supermarkets have reported an 80 percent drop in bags 
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market vendors, who said charging for the plastic bags would repel many 
customers. <BR><BR>"My vegetables are only worth 50 cents- 100 cents a piece. It 
will be very hard to sell if I have to charge 20 cents for the plastic bag," one 
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