Starting May 4, no retailer or food service provider in New Jersey will be able to give or sell you a single-use plastic bag at checkout. Paper bags will also be forbidden at bigger supermarkets.
NJ Plastic Bag Ban
Hate reusable bags? Try these hysterical ones for NJ’s bag ban
If we’re all stuck doing something many of us don’t want to be doing at all, could we at least have a little fun with it?
7 rules Karens need to abide by when NJ’s bag ban begins
May 4 is likely going to be a storm of stress for retailers and grocery stores across the state. Don't ask to see their manager.
Paper or plastic? Poll says NJ may not know bag ban includes both
Seven in 10 New Jerseyans know the plastic bag ban is coming, but not as high of a percentage is in favor of it, with more than a quarter saying plastic bags should continue to be available for a small fee.
NJ bag ban includes pickup, delivery orders — NJ senator wants to change that
New Jerseyans who rely on home delivery and curbside pickup still have no idea how the process will work or how much more it may cost them, the lawmaker says.
Some NJ operations get 6-month extension for bag ban
A law signed in March 2022 provides 500,000 free reusable bags to food banks across the Garden State.
Plastic, paper bags could disappear from stores before May 4 in New Jersey
Retailers are trying to get through their supply of single-use bags ahead of the state's ban.
Why is New Jersey banning plastic bags? There are 4.4 billion reasons
"It's a general problem, not just a coastal problem," said Sylvia Kay, of Sierra Club New Jersey.
NJ bag ban is coming — in many towns, it already exists
"The day that this goes into effect, and the day after, the sun is going to rise in the East and it's going to set in the West, and we're going to get through our day, albeit with a reusable bag," Paramus Mayor Rich LaBarbiera told New Jersey 101.5.
‘It’s going to be an issue’ — NJ shoppers prepare for upcoming bag ban
New Jersey is a little more than a month away from the start of a rule that will forever change the shopping habits of most New Jersey consumers.
What NJ politicians don’t get about 'single-use' plastic bags
Banning an item and dismissing it as single-use shows no real world knowledge.