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Lhasa, 1st Chinese city to ban plastic bags
By Zhang Jiawei (chinadaily.com.cn)
Updated: 2011-06-16 16:55
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As other cities in 皇冠体育app are still struggling to contain the "white pollution" of flying plastic bags by limiting their use, Lhasa takes one step further, by banning bags from production to sales.
The move has made the capital city of Southwest 皇冠体育app's Tibet autonomous region the first in 皇冠体育app to stop the production, sales and use of plastic bags, as well as disposable tableware, cnr.cn reported Thursday.
Convenience stores, supermarkets and vegetable markets are all forbidden from providing plastic bags. Instead, environmentally friendly cloth bags would be offered,?the news report?said.
Other Chinese cities' usual practice of limiting plastic use is to charge for using them.
The environment protection bureau of Lhasa said factories that produce disposable tableware and plastic bags have been shut down to fully implement the ban.