May 30, 2008 - ...plastic bags will still be permitted for sale by markets and shops. Owners of local fruit stalls and supermarkets said the measure would not affect their business, as they mostly only plan to charge a couple of cents for plastic bags. Paris-based supermarket Carrefour, China's biggest retailer, said it would charge 2 to 14 cents for the plastic bags. It also sells cloth bags. A similar ban in Ireland cut the number of bags used by 90 percent, according to...