Greece charges for plastic carrier bag use at supermarkets

A supermarket employee puts food in a plastic bag in Athens, Greece, on Jan. 3, 2018. As supermarkets across Greece reopened on Wednesday after the New Year's holidays, consumers were faced with a new charge. For each plastic carrier bag used at the counter from now on, Greeks will have to pay four euro cents (five U.S. dollar cents) as part of renewed efforts to protect the environment from the hazardous plastics. (Xinhua/Marios Lolos)