Photos: Environment-friendly shopping bags popular

A woman and her daughter walk past environment-friendly shopping bags in a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, April 16, 2008.

Chinese retailers could be fined up to 10,000 yuan (1,428 U.S. dollars) for providing shoppers with free plastic shopping bags from June 1, the Ministry of Commerce has announced. Environment-friendly shopping bags are sold in stores in Shanghai ever since.

(Photo credit: Liu Ying/Xinhua)

Environment-friendly shopping bags are seen in a supermarket in Shanghai, east China, April 16, 2008.