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moondoggie_00 t1_je66bx1 wrote

Reply to comment by AaronJudgesLeftNut in Plastic bag ban helped cut Shore trash: New report notes drop in bags, straws, paper pieces found in annual cleanup by rollotomasi07071

It also doesn't represent a total ban since many places still provide plastic bags. Like your local pizza or Chinese joint, for example.

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Motivator9931 t1_je6ec4i wrote

Plastic bags are banned for all businesses, including pizza and Chinese places. They're only allowed to provide paper bags.

>Starting May 4, 2022, New Jersey retail stores, grocery stores and food service businesses may not provide or sell single-use plastic carryout bags and polystyrene foam food service products. Single-use paper carryout bags are allowed to be provided or sold, except by grocery stores equal to or larger than 2500 square feet, which may only provide or sell reusable carryout bags.

https://dep.nj.gov/get-past-plastic/

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moondoggie_00 t1_je6eq19 wrote

I know what it says, thanks. If I place an order at any number of places, right now, I'm getting a plastic bag.

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avidreader_1410 t1_je9ioqu wrote

Also - I know this as a dog owner whose #1 use for those plastic bags was #2 - that you can order bags comparable to the grocery store bags online now, something like $20 for a few hundred. So if you can get plastic bags, and still use plastic bags the "ban" is only banning stores from giving you plastic bags.

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