plastic bags

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...

You may soon be paying for bags when you go to the store if new legislation passes in New Jersey.

Do you stock up on plastic bags when you're out grocery shopping? Well, if not, it could be the time.

The story comes up from time to time about what to do with plastic bags you get from the supermarket, or, for that matter, any retailer. Is it practical to ban retailers from using them? After all, how many times have you “brown bagged” lunch…but the brown bag has now become a Wegman’s bag...