Clean Water Action: NJ's Plastic Bag Ban Bill One Step Closer to Realization
December 05, 2019
December 05, 2019
TRENTON, New Jersey, Dec. 5 -- Clean Water Action issued the following news release:
NJ's plastic bag ban bill (S2776/A4330) cleared a critical hurdle today when it was amended and passed out of the Senate Budget Committee. Key provisions include a ban on many single use plastic bags at most stores in one year, a ban on polystyrene foam food containers in two years, only providing plastic straws on request, and a targeted ban on paper bags at large grocery stores. The bill also elim . . .
NJ's plastic bag ban bill (S2776/A4330) cleared a critical hurdle today when it was amended and passed out of the Senate Budget Committee. Key provisions include a ban on many single use plastic bags at most stores in one year, a ban on polystyrene foam food containers in two years, only providing plastic straws on request, and a targeted ban on paper bags at large grocery stores. The bill also elim . . .