Latest comments posted about Lijiang’s war on “white pollution” on ChinaDialogue en-gb http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1755-Lijiang-s-war-on-white-pollution- http://staging.chinadialogue.net/images/cdlogo.gif http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/show/single/en/1755-Lijiang-s-war-on-white-pollution- Initially, it costs the consumer nothing to throw away a plastic bag. The cost, however, is unseen. A decade down the road and the consumer is now paying the price for polluted air and streams. We are already paying the petroleum companies for our gas. Why buy plastic bags from them as well, when a perfectly good cloth bag is so much more economical? I laud the people of Lijang. --Thomas Payne Wed, 30 Apr 2008 12:15:08 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7299 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7299 This is a wonderful initiative by China. As well as looking awful when, for example, they are caught in the branches of trees, plastic bags can harm both humans and wildlife. They can clog up drains, leading to flooding, while causing illness or injury to animals that either ingest them or get tangled up in them. Similar problems apply to other plastic waste -- bottles, fishing line, the rings that hold cans together and more. Let's see this "white waste" (and similar multi-coloured plastic rubbish) eliminated everywhere. -- Matthew Sun, 13 Apr 2008 05:18:56 -0400 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7224 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7224 Generally, the article lacks sound statistics to back up its opinion. One can hardly tell from the narrative how far the campaign has gone, or what progress it has achieved so far. As it happens, it is usually really difficult to persuade people to change their habits. It will take real hard work. Mon, 03 Mar 2008 21:23:23 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7101 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7101 This is only a small step in the right direction. There still remains a lot more to be done. The clamor for environmental protection in China won’t translate into solid action any time soon as long as economic development remains its leaders’ top concern. Sat, 01 Mar 2008 21:37:46 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7095 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7095 This should have been done ages ago. I hope it is implemented! Sat, 01 Mar 2008 00:00:54 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7093 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7093 Usually it is difficult to access this goal just by the propaganda or education, the district goverment should involve some restrict legislation which can be more efficient and more promising. Thu, 28 Feb 2008 22:13:23 -0500 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7090 http://www.chinadialogue.net/article/summary/1755#comment-7090