Credit: (NJ Spotlight News)New Jersey’s ban on single-use plastic and single-use paper bags will take effect on Wednesday, May 4. The ban also includes disposable polystyrene or Styrofoam food containers.
The ban is said to be the strongest such ban in the nation. Environmentalists pushed for such a legal ban for years, citing damage caused by plastic pollutants. The ban aims to reduce plastic pollutants in the ocean, waterways and on land.
Readers have had some questions about the ban and how it will affect their shopping. Here are some of your questions and the answers to them.
