Saturday, January 12, 2008

Plastic bags in China

Three billion plastic bags are used in China every day.

Every day.

And that's not three million, it's three billion. I repeat, pedantically, Every day.

Reportedly, a plan to charge customers in stores a small amount per bag is in the works. But I'll believe it when I see it. And even if it dissuades half of China's population to abandon the bags, that still leaves 1.5 BILLION plastic bags PER DAY.

After foisting poisonous children's toys and plastic-tainted cat food on us, what's next?

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