Plastic bag ban saves 4.8 m tons of oilrn A government official with the National Development and Retbrm Commission （NDRC） recently said a plastic bag ban launched four years ago has helped the nation save 4.8 million tons of oil, or the equivalent of 6.8 million tons of standard coal, to date. The ban also has reduced consumption of 800,000 tons of plastic and more than 24 billion plastic bags over the last four years. China banned the practice of offering free plastic bags in supermarkets, department stores as well as grocery stores,
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