statistics on shopping bags consumption, an average Chinese and
a Hong Kong resident, on an average uses 3 plastic bags per day
(EPD, HK, 2009; Environmental News Network, 2008). Although
there is no readily available statistics for the usage of plastic bags in
India compared to Hong Kong and China (Businessgreen.com, 2010;
The Times of India, 2009), as per one of the references pertaining to
the consumption of plastic bags in India, India’s per capita
consumption is 150 plastic bags a year (Online Edition of The Hindu,
2010).
The functional unit of this present study