Photo: China Bans Free Plastic Bags

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A Chinese man walks past plastic bags littered among other items at a market in Beijing, on Thursday, January 10, 2008.

Declaring war on the "white pollution" (plastics) choking its cities, farms, and waterways, China is banning free plastic shopping bags and calling for a return to the cloth bags of old.

Photograph by Andy Wong/AP

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