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Now all Chinese sellers no longer provide free plastic shopping bags. China tries to cut the use of plasticbags in order to cut energy consumption (能源消耗) and pollution.
"Customers are encouraged to carry their own bags," an official with the Ministry of Commerce, Men Xiaowei,said in an online interview earlier. "It is a habit revolution(改革). To cut the use of plastic bags is to protect our environment.
"Chinese have enjoyed free plastic shopping bags for more than 10 years. Those shopping bags used to be very helpful to Chinese shoppers. However,they also caused many problems to the environment.
Accordin8 to the National Development and Reform Commission(国家发改委) ,every two people would use at least one plastic bag one day. At least l,300 tons of oil must be used every day to produce plastic shopping bags for supermarkets alone.
" Plastic bags are difficult to be degraded (降解 ) , " Men said. " Most of the daily waste came from plastic bags, " Customers have begun to pay 0. 2 yuan for small sized plastic bags and more than 10 yuan for fabric (织物)ones.
1. Why does China cut .the use of plastic bags?
2. According to the words of Men Xiaowei,using plastic bags used to be Chinese people's .
3. How many plastic bags might be used by ten people one day in China?
4, How much should customers pay for one small-sized plastic bag?
