Item Eight.

Vocabulary. popularize.

A number of big chain stores in China are trying to popularize cotton shopping bags to reduce the amount of plastic ones being thrown away.

However, the China Youth Daily reports that the cotton shopping bags are not selling well, because people still prefer free plastic one.

The paper says it's not wise to charge for these cotton bags, and supermarkets should think about how to encourage customers to use them by making it more convenient and cheaper.

The paper suggest that supermarket provide cotton bags for free and encourage people to reuse them.

Meanwhile, the paper also gives advice on how to reduce costs for supermarkets selling these cotton shopping bags.

It says they should encourage donations from businesses to print advertisements on the sides.