This article from Bloomberg.com is just one more example of how and why banning plastic bags is good for the environment.  The article notes that China’s ban on plastic bags has reduced their oil consumption by 3 million metric tons of oil per year.  

The Scientific American Podcast this week is reviewing whether or not plastic bag bans work.  Forcusing on the bag ban in China, the podcast considers whether or not customers are really using less bags, and more importantly, whether or not there is less plastic bag waste and pollution as a result of the bans.  "Yet, a survey by the International Packaging Assocation found that t