When customers go to a supermarket, they are provided with plastic bags to carry their purchases. Furthermore, some buyers even ask for extra ones just for their own conveniences.

Wen Huibao, a Shanghai based newspaper, carried a commentary saying that it's urgent for citizens to raise their awareness of environmental protection in daily life.

Nowadays, supermarkets, restaurants and peddlers offer plastic bags to their customers free of charge. The spread of these plastic bags has become a serious environmental problem.

The article points out that although customers are required to pay for the plastic bags if they want to use them starting in June this year, this measure may have a limited effect on the restriction of plastic bag uses.

The article also suggests that a campaign should be launched to raise citizens' awareness of environmental protection and help them get rid of the habit of using plastic bags. In addition, the money charged for buying plastic bags after June 1 should be accumulated to set up a fund for environmental protection.

The newspaper concludes by saying that residents should contribute to promoting a clean and environmentally friendly society through their own restricted use of plastic bags in their daily lives.