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An Al Jazeera report looks at the impact of China’s efforts to go green on the country’s factory workers, especially those making plastic bags which are now banned (h/t Shanghaiist):

• Posted by Sophie Beach
• March 31, 2008 8:51 PM
• Category: Economy, Environmental Crisis
• Tags: plastic bag ban, sustainable development, workers

Origin: , Al Jazeera

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