Meanwhile, the paper bags saved in New Jersey ... made along the way. For example, we learned that many online shoppers were generating more reusable bags than they needed once the law went into ...

The mountains of bags are an unintended consequence of New Jersey’s strict new bag ban in supermarkets. It went into effect in May and prohibits not only plastic bags but paper bags as well.

In the midst of the holidays, New Jerseyans are approaching a sustainable milestone this December: seven months into the state’s ... paper bags,” JoAnn Gemenden, the executive director of New ...

“Plastic bags are one of the most problematic forms of garbage, leading to millions of discarded bags that stream annually into our ... how New Jersey’s plastic and paper bag ban has created ...

Paper bags would continue to be banned with purchases made inside ... NJ's ban on plastic bags, paper bags, food containers begins Ed Potosnak, executive director of the New Jersey League of ...

TRENTON, New Jersey (WPVI ... like 14 million paper bags going into the environment, and something like 600 million single-use plastic bags," said Smith. Smith said he's looking to add four ...

Shoppers in Jersey ... well as bags for prescriptions and recyclable paper bags used in businesses such as bakeries. There is also an exemption for packaging for uncooked fish. Bags made of ...