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No more free plastic bags from June1, 2008. That's the message to Chineseshoppers after a government ban on allproduction, sales or use of plastic bags lessthan 0.025 mm thick comes into force fromthis date. Nowadays, supermarkets give out1 billion plastic bags every day while othershops collectively use double that amount.Consumers will have to pay for plasticbags exceeding this thickness, if they wantthis option.