plastic bags

Did you ever think you'd see the day when you'd be charged for a bag in New Jersey?

The fee would raise $23.4 million a year -- a nickel at a time, on carryout plastic and paper bags. The money would be diverted to balance the state budget.

Consumers might start paying a nickel for each paper and plastic bags when shopping in New Jersey in a little over a year, under a plan to raise money for lead programs.

Yesterday on the show, Dennis and Judi discussed the proposed plastic bag fee in Princeton. During the hour, the received a call which sparked a heated debate over whether people should be charged to use plastic bags.

Would you be willing to shell out an extra 10 to 25 cents for each plastic or paper bag you get at the supermarket? Officials in Princeton are considering a proposal to create a bag fee in their town, and it seems many residents think it's a good idea.

Yes, we’ve been down this well-trodden road before. The one over the use of plastic grocery bags and how injurious it is to the environment, etc. Whereas, once upon a time, Mercer County voters had a ballot question asking whether or not a fee should be placed on using plastic bags – which, by the way, was overwhelming rejected - the town of Princeton decides to go it alone and proposes placing a

Dennis and Judi talked about how some grocery stores are now charging extra to use plastic bags.

Tomorrow, residents of Mercer county will vote on whether or not there should be a non-binding fee for using plastic bags at grocery stores.

By the way it’s being proposed, you’d think plastic bags – the kind that are used by groceries and most other retailers – were the bane of existence here in New Jersey. Yes, some do litter the streets. Yes, some find their way into waterways choking wildlife...

What would you do without the plastic bags you get from the supermarket? How would you pick up after your dog? What would you use to carry your lunch? They come in so handy…so it figures that the N.J. Senate would reintroduce a bill that would force stores to charge 15 cents for each plastic or paper bag distributed...