Assemblywoman Annette Quijano introduced A4549 in order to allow stores to provide a recyclable paper bag option at checkout in addition to reusable bags. Now, while the bill is moving, and while there is support for the bill, there is also opposition. In my last blog, I noted that the original plastic bag ban included […]
Linda Doherty and JoAnn Gemenden have written an excellent article on the success of the plastic bag ban in New Jersey. When first implemented, we heard the typical lament that the world is ending and how could people get their groceries home without plastic bags. Well, we are all managing. While there are certainly issues […]
California has moved to correct a problem with their initial plastic bag ban. Specifically, they are moving to remove the exception for “heavy duty” reusable bags made from plastic…..and mandating that reusable bags get back into the recycling stream at some point. Further, they have taken a step that we tried to get done in […]
I don’t always agree with Jen Coffey…but on this point she is right. It is time to do away with plastic bags. The New Jersey Legislature has to do the right thing and move that ban forward. The plastic industry’s use of the pandemic as a means of stopping that legislation was reprehensible. As I […]
No, this is not about the Limbo….it is about the plastic’s industry trying to capitalize on peoples’ fear……The plastic bag ban is now facing pushback from the plastics industry through the use of claims that by not using such bags, we will spread disease……Really, how low can you go. I know that using fear is […]