NJ Ban on Plastic Bags and Polystyrene Foam Food Service Products— Began on April 4, 2022 View NJBAC Fact Sheet •PlasTechFreeCompostable Products Catalog New 2021 Legislation:A-6152 Allows municipalities to transfer inactive alcoholic beverage retail licenses for use in redevelopment, improvement, ...
As a small but growing number of towns in New Jersey ban single-use plastic and paper bags at the checkout counters, supermarket chains and retailers are on board with getting the state to ban the bags everywhere. In the meantime, the New Jersey Food Council, the trade organization that re...
As a small but growing number of towns in New Jersey ban single-use plastic and paper bags at the checkout counters, supermarket chains and retailers are on board with getting the state to ban the bags everywhere. In the meantime, the New Jersey Food Council, the trade organization that re...
A new law in the Garden State bans packing peanuts and aims to ensure that recyclable products are made up of a certain amount of recycled material in the first place. The legislation signed into law, which takes effect in two years, is intended to reduce virgin plastic use, and is expect...
So, for the last decade and a half I've been saving my plastic grocery bags to re-purpose them for doggy duty. But, withthe new NJ lawset to hit the books in the next year and a half, I won't be able to rely on my local grocery store to provide me with free goods to pick...
TRENTON – The extension that allowed New Jersey food banks and food pantries to keep using plastic bags has expired, despite their pleas to have that grace period continue beyond the busy holiday season. The lapse could be temporary, as lawmakers are considering a bill that would give them...
We Got Rid of Bags Over a year ago, we got rid of single-use plastic bags. When(not "if")you forget to bring your reusable shopping bags into a supermarket and you buy a cartful of stuff with no way to get it to your car, we will frequently mumble expletives toward our fine elec...
Retailers and food service establishments are banned from distributing single-use plastic bags starting on May 4, in accordance with alaw signed by Gov. Phil Murphy in November 2020. Large supermarkets will also be barred from distributing single-use paper bags at checkout. ...
On the morning of May 8th, several members of the Atlantic City Police Department were conducting surveillance in the area of the first block of South Texas Avenue when they observed 43-year-old Antoyane McCall, "holding a clear plastic bag of suspected cocaine." ...
We should have capitalized on the manufacturing power of in-state companies, who are capable of filling the plastic void with paper bags,"Testa said in a news release,"The bags could be made from recycled paper, and after use, they could be easily recycled again." ...