S 3413 New Jersey Senate · 2024-2025 Regular Session

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

This bill allows grocery stores to provide single-use paper carryout bags to customers, but only if the bags contain a minimum amount of recycled material. Specifically, standard paper bags must include at least 40% postconsumer recycled content, while lighter bags (under eight pounds) must contain at least 20%. The policy directly affects grocery stores (defined as retail establishments over 2,500 square feet selling food for off-site consumption) and replaces a previous ban on all paper carryout bags. It aims to reduce plastic pollution by promoting recycled-content paper bags instead of non-recycled alternatives.
Bill status in committee 1 of 4 stages cleared
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Jun 2024
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Introduced Jun 10, 2024 Last action Mar 24, 2025
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Mar 24, 2025
Upper · Passed
Reported out of Senate Committee, 2nd Reading
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Mar 24, 2025
Committee
Transferred to Senate Commerce Committee
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Jun 10, 2024
Introduced
Introduced in the Senate, Referred to Senate Environment and Energy Committee
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