A 4549 New Jersey General Assembly · 2024-2025 Regular Session

Authorizes grocery stores to provide certain single-use paper carryout bags to customers.

This bill amends New Jersey's existing plastic bag law to allow grocery stores to provide single-use paper carryout bags, but only if the bags contain at least 40% postconsumer recycled content (or 20% for bags holding ≤8 pounds). It directly affects grocery stores (defined as self-service retail establishments over 2,500 sq ft selling food for off-site consumption). The key mechanism requires these paper bags to meet specific recycled content standards set by prior legislation (P.L.2021, c.391), replacing a previous ban on all single-use paper bags. This change permits paper bags as an alternative to plastic while ensuring they meet minimum recycled content requirements.
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Jun 2024
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Introduced Jun 13, 2024 Last action Jun 13, 2024
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Introduced in the Assembly, Referred to Assembly Environment, Natural Resources, and Solid Waste Committee
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