No bag for you!
Last week, China announced that it will “ban” plastic bags throughout the country. What does this mean? Well, the thin, flimsy plastic bags are banned completely (these are typically the plastic bags you get your illegal DVDs in). Any other plastic bags will have to be purchased from the store. OR, you can bring you own bag or whatever else you would like to attempt to carry your purchases in.
When I first heard of this, I was like … WTF! But, it’s a good idea. Plastic bags are all over this country. I have hundreds in a drawer in the kitchen, they get re-used as garbage bags. As long as you can continue to get plastic bags (via purchasing, for likely a couple pennies), this will not cause any problems for anyone.
Hopefully someone will capitalize on this and start selling clothe bags on the streets around China … just as they, daily, try to sell me socks, watches, fake Olympics stuff, etc… just add clothe bags to the inventory!
Shoppers: It’s BYO Bag in China
