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Get Your Reusable Bags Now
Stores in New Jersey will not be able to prevent you from using your own single-use plastic bags that you may have tucked away at home, but they will be barred from offering or selling such bags at checkout beginning May 4.
Most grocery stores will also prohibit the use of single-use paper bags.
Furthermore, restaurants will no longer be able to serve you with styrofoam containers, and they will already be prohibited from freely dispensing plastic straws.
As the deadline for the bag legislation approaches, environmental advocates are asking New Jersey people to begin modifying their shopping habits now so they are not caught off guard when the law takes effect.
In November 2020, Gov. Phil Murphy signed legislation prohibiting grocery stores, retail outlets, movie theaters, and food trucks, among other companies, from giving or selling single-use plastic bags to customers.
The regulation also prohibits the use of paper bags in grocery stores with a floor space of more than 2,500 square feet (about the size of a typical American home).
According to the rule, starting May 4, establishments must only supply or sell reusable carryout bags to customers.
As a customer, you have no restrictions on the types of bags or other packaging you can bring into a grocery shop in order to check out quickly.
On its website, the
New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection states that people can use bags that aren't considered "reusable carryout bags" under the legislation. So, if you've been saving plastic bags for years, go ahead and use them till you're out.
