*PLASTIC bags, *PLASTIC bag manufacturing, *WATER pollution, *SEWERAGE, *FLOODS
Abstract
The article reports on the ban of using lightweight free plastic bags effective June 1, 2008 in China. Manufacturing, selling and using bags less than .025 millimeters thick is prohibited. The initiative is undertaken to end the use of flimsiest bags which pollute the waterways, clog the sewers and toxify the ground resulting to flood and damage of marine life.
Published
2008
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