Comes with shopping bags, mostly the elderly

Plastic limit since June 1, 2008 implementation has been nearly four years, the plastic limit currently in force in Lacey How effective? May 2 morning, reporters visited a number of supermarkets and Lacey City farmers market found that many people have cultivated the habit comes with shopping bags, which the older crowd. The ultra-thin plastic bags before the "hardest hit" farmer's market, and now comes with shopping bags people can have. In this regard, the business sector, Lacey said that with the increase public awareness of environmental protection, the white pollution have been reduced.

Supermarket own shopping bags

May 2 morning, reporters visited a number of large supermarkets Lacey City, Yantai in a supermarket on the road, the reporter saw supermarkets in addition to providing free plastic bags with associated quality certification, the other bags will charge a fee . Reporters saw in the supermarket, many people are their own shopping bags to shop with, "After the supermarket plastic bags should be charged." Sister Wang told reporters the public, a supermarket plastic bags 2 hair, her one week to visit three times supermarkets, "If every time to buy a plastic bag, then spending a year getting bigger." Sister Wang told reporters. Reporters saw Sister Wang holding a green bag, "this bag to hold things and more, but also strong." Sister Wang said.

"Now to the supermarket people, many of them holding shopping bags, which are mostly the elderly." The staff of the supermarket told reporters that many elderly people have a habit that comes with shopping bags, "Pay supermarket plastic bags provided in young eyes may not care, but for the elderly, can be saved. "

In another supermarket, the reporter also saw, not only the elderly comes with shopping bags, a lot of middle-aged hands are holding the bag or nylon bags. "Supermarket bag fee to buy back no use, can only be installed garbage, a little pity." Mr. Wang said the people, now led by his wife to the supermarket is holding a bag, have become accustomed to.

Subsequently, the reporter interviewed several people, most of them said that to protect the environment, they will bring their own shopping bags to go shopping, "often see on the street do not promote the use of disposable ultra-thin plastic bags." Zhao said the public since the country out of the plastic limit, he is also very concerned to protect the environment, not a one-time long thin plastic bags.

"Every time I would take a shopping bag, compared to the ultra-thin plastic bags is concerned, can be reused, really good." Uncle Jiang told reporters that members of the public, he often made a number of units of reusable shopping bags, he will give the nei***ors use, "send these bags, not only to promote environmental awareness can enhance the feelings between nei***ors." Jiang uncle said, laughing.

Markets are also less plastic bags

Reporters also visited a number of farmers' markets found everywhere on the market disposable thin plastic bags, the reporter went to the nearby Isle Road farmers market, fruit stand in front of each vegetable stall and are hanging plastic bags for customers to use . Ms Wong admits fruit stall, and now fewer people with thin plastic bags, and usually can see a lot of people bring their own shopping bags. "Now comes the markets are shopping bags, after stall provides thin plastic bags are not environmentally friendly." The very fact that the people said.

"A few years ago almost no one comes to grocery shopping bags, but it more than two years together." Stall selling vegetables farmers market ditch head Mr. Zhao told reporters, many of the elderly are now comes with shopping bag, but with vegetable stall offered free plastic bags are some young people.

Subsequently, the reporter visited several other farmers market found that most people in the market to buy food that comes with shopping bags, "After all, environmental protection, but also reuse a lot better than the thin plastic bags." The people Ms. Lee said.

Plastic limit have to rely on conscious

In this regard, the reporter interviewed relevant staff Lacey City business sector, one of the staff told reporters that since the national implementation of the plastic limit, along with enhancing public awareness of environmental protection, a lot of people when shopping can be consciously carrying shopping plastic bags but there is a certain limit entirely difficult. "On the one hand to increase environmental awareness efforts to improve environmental awareness. But most of the people still rely on the consciousness." The staff said.