Governor Murphy Signs Legislation Banning Single-Use Paper and Plastic Bags in New Jersey
New Law Will Be the Strongest Bag Ban in the Nation
TRENTON – Governor Phil Murphy today signed S864, which prohibits the use of single-use plastic and paper bags in all stores and food service businesses statewide. This bill is a significant step to reduce harm and pollution that these products cause to our environment.
“Plastic bags are one of the most problematic forms of garbage, leading to millions of discarded bags that stream annually into our landfills, rivers, and oceans,” said Governor Murphy. “With today’s historic bill signing, we are addressing the problem of plastic pollution head-on with solutions that will help mitigate climate change and strengthen our environment for future generations.”
Starting May 2022, both plastic and paper single-use bags, as well as disposable food containers and cups made out of polystyrene foam, will be banned. Paper bags require resources and energy to produce, contributing to pollution. Moving forward, the focus throughout the state will be on using reusable bags. The following products will be exempt for an additional two years after May 2022:
• Disposable, long-handled polystyrene foam soda spoons when required and used for thick drinks;
• Portion cups of two ounces or less, if used for hot foods or foods requiring lids;
• Meat and fish trays for raw or butchered meat, including poultry, or fish that is sold from a refrigerator or similar retail appliance;
• Any food product pre-packaged by the manufacturer with a polystyrene foam food service product; and
• Any other polystyrene foam food service product as determined necessary by Department of Environmental Protection.
Under the new law, food service businesses will be allowed to provide single-use plastic straws only upon request starting November 2021.
“From our cities to our shores, single-use plastic bags unnecessarily litter New Jersey’s most treasured spaces and pollute our ecosystems,” said New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection Commissioner Catherine R. McCabe. “By banning single-use plastic bags, Governor Murphy and our legislature continue to make a New Jersey a national leader in environmental protection and the DEP stands ready to implement these new measures and educate the public.”
“Environmental activists and supporters of this bill have been waiting years for this moment. Plastic pollution has caused untold damage to the environment and to our public health,” said Senator Bob Smith, chair of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee. “Taking action to fight plastic pollution now is key to moving towards a plastic-free future. I want to thank the Governor for being a strong partner on this legislation.”
“If you go to the shore, you see plastic buried in the sand and floating in the ocean. There are an estimated 150 million metric tons of plastics currently in our oceans and about eight million metric tons are added each year,” said Senator Linda Greenstein, vice-chair of the Senate Environment and Energy Committee. “We have heard from countless activists and residents around the state, and they have made it clear that they are sick of plastics polluting our ecosystem. Now that this bill is signed by the Governor, New Jersey is closer than ever to a cleaner, greener future.”
“The health and safety of future generations depend on the choices we make today. Single-use plastic products are one of the single greatest threats to our oceans, environment, and health,” said Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin. “Many of our municipalities have already taken steps to limit the use of carryout bags and containers; now, it’s time for the State to act. This is the strongest law implemented in the nation to curb the use of these products and maintains New Jersey’s stance as a leader in environmental protection.”
“Single-use carryout products fill up landfills and find their way into our oceans,” said Assemblyman James Kennedy. “There are more sustainable, environmentally-friendly alternatives that many are already using in place of these products. This new law aims to encourage all of us to act together to protect New Jersey’s environmental future.”
“Nearly 40 towns in New Jersey have banned plastic bags, and many others have passed ordinances addressing their use,” said Assemblyman John McKeon. “This new law supports community efforts to reduce litter and protect their environments. The reality is: disposable plastics are causing damage to our environment. Anything we can do to curb its effects will help us better protect our oceans, our communities, our health, and to fight climate change.”
“This is an environmental victory that’s been years in the making,” said Amy Goldsmith, NJ State Director, Clean Water Action. “Thank you, Governor Murphy, not once but twice – first for vetoing the 2018 bill that would set back efforts to prevent plastic waste, and now for signing the nation’s strongest waste reduction law. It was well worth the wait. New Jersey is now leading the paradigm shift away from single use disposables to reusables.”
“Today is an historic day for New Jersey’s waterways, 130-mile coastline, and open spaces. This nation-leading single-use plastics and paper reduction policy will do exactly what we need it to—reduce the 4.4 billion single-use plastic and 1,300 football fields of trees worth of paper bags that New Jerseyans use every year,” said Ed Potosnak, Executive Director, New Jersey LCV. “As the political voice for the environment in New Jersey, we have even more to celebrate – this is the third of our five bold Common Agenda for the Environment legislative priorities signed into law this session. We are thankful to Governor Murphy, bill sponsors Senator Bob Smith and Assemblywoman Nancy Pinkin, and our partners at ANJEC, the Coalition for the Delaware River Watershed, and New Jersey Audubon who have helped us lead the charge for this nation-leading legislation.”
“It’s a good day for marine critters and the power of the people,” said Cindy Zipf, Executive Director of Clean Ocean Action. “For over 35 years, thousands of COA’s Beach Sweep volunteers have collected over 7.2 million pieces of trash, mostly plastic, off NJ’s beaches. Thanks to Governor Murphy and the NJ Legislature, we’ve successfully drawn a line in the sand and made NJ a world leader in reducing the plastic plague on this marvel of a planet.”
“Kudos to Governor Murphy and Senator Smith for having the guts to do something big to help clean-up our waterways. Barnegat Bay and our beaches will be cleaner for people to enjoy and wildlife to thrive. We are grateful for your leadership especially during these challenging times,” said Britta Forsberg-Wenzel, Executive Director, Save Barnegat Bay.
“The Surfrider Foundation applauds the Governor’s decision to sign this bill. New Jersey regains some leadership on environmental issues by taking on single-use bags, foamed plastic, and plastic straws all at once with this legislation,” said John Weber, Mid Atlantic Regional Manager for the Surfrider Foundation.
“This is a great day. New Jersey has now become a national leader in going after plastics and protecting our environment. This statewide plastic ban will help protect our rivers and streams from plastic that has been known to kill whales, get into our environment, and into us. This comprehensive plastic ban not only bans plastic bags, but also polystyrene and the offering of plastic straws. This is a critical step forward when it comes to protecting our environment from plastics,” said Jeff Tittel, Director of the New Jersey Sierra Club. “There were those who wanted legislation that only put a fee on plastic and fought for a weak bill 2 years ago. We want to thank the Governor for all he did signing this bill and vetoing the weaker bill. Now we have the strongest plastic ban in the nation.”
“Gov. Murphy signed the strongest single-use ban on plastics in the country to prioritize our wildlife and our communities over endless plastic waste polluting our waterways,” said Doug O’Malley, Director of Environment New Jersey. “Plastic and polystyrene items we use for 15 minutes should not end up in our environment and communities for endless generations. Polystyrene cannot be cost-effectively recycled on a mass scale and we need to transition to reusable bags. We are deeply thankful for Gov. Murphy’s leadership vetoing a half-measure plastics bill two years ago and his support for a more comprehensive ban and we are thrilled that New Jersey can be a national leader in reducing single-use waste.”
“Hats off to Governor Murphy for signing this sweeping plastic reduction law. This is exactly the type of law we need to reverse the projection that in the next decade, there will be one pound of plastic in the ocean for every three pounds of fish. This never would have happened without broad public support and local governments first adopting their own plastic reduction laws. Now is a good time for all residents of New Jersey to start using reusable bags and avoid polystyrene and not even wait for the new law to kick in,” said Judith Enck, President of Beyond Plastics and former EPA Region 2 Regional Administrator.
“This is an historic day for New Jersey,” said Jennifer Coffey, Executive Director of the Association of New Jersey Environmental Commissions (ANJEC). “This law marks a monumental step forward in the fight against the fossil fuel industry and their production of disposable plastics, and a win for wildlife, clean rivers, and our ocean. After years of local officials taking steady, incremental steps towards banning single-use plastic by passing 130 local ordinances, we are finally doing away with polluting plastic bags and polystyrene food containers for good. This law is a product of many stakeholders and legislators working together to ensure all voices are heard, and we thank Governor Murphy for signing this bill into law.”
Well that’s gonna make it trickier to clean the cat litter box!
Exactly!
Don’t we have bigger fish to fry here ? JMJ
This is what our scumbag governor is wasting tax $$$ on¿
Ridiculous!
SMURFY is a jerkoff!
He could start on that weed legalization since it was his campaign promise
Please lets have a countdown when this fool will leave office, we have had enough of this clown, he does NOT want people to live comfortable in our state
So now I have to pack my own groceries in my canvas bag. Since I was told it could be carrying the virus the cashiers couldn’t touch it.
Guess I will be holding up the line. Yikes.
Wow with the mess this state is in, this is what Sir Murphy worries about unbelievable ????????????
great so now i buy small plastic garbage bags. come on. its the same thing..
Toni Barroqueiro Are use all my food store bags for the kids garbage cans in their room. I’ll be triple bagging my groceries in the days ahead
Melissa Stefanik-Martinez exactly . Me tooo ..
Can we still use them if we double them? ????
. he just making changes for our planet , god forbid u think its not pertaining to u or benifiting you !
Shonti Monee Right!?! These people are ridiculous!! People just need something to bitch about which is sooo sad!
Lisa Ehlers Jesse just crazy how much ppl can complain smh
They’re not technically single use. 98% of everyone uses them again and again between lunch bags, dog pickup, garbage bags, and more. If that’s not recycling then idk what is. The only ones I ever throw out are the ones that have raw meat in them.
I agree I reuse them as well… Except the ones with holes!!!
What do we use
Susan Cowan Miller a reusable canvas bag . aldis has plenty for .30 cents
Shonti Monee For scooping cat litter?
Rebecca Walsh … they have bags for dog poop at the dollar tree , they can be used the same way for cat litter . thats what i use
Shonti Monee How are those better?
Rebecca Walsh yea they work fine for me ! ????
Shonti Monee As long as you bleach the reusable bags to kill any bacteria that builds up in them.❤️
Rebecca Walsh good question. They are plastic also.
Helgi Vannell its biodegradable … the reason for this change is because the plastic bags in stores are doing harm to the environment and cannot be decomposed . it works well for us after1-2 maybe 3 uses for things once we get them home but once we throw it away we have to remember its here for uears on years and not able to just up and vanish , its nowhere to put garbage , the waste ends up in the ocean , like ….. yes we can use it but we also forget abput where this trash goes AFTER we throw it in the trash ….
Well what else are we suppose to use
Starting May 2022. He’s an ass
How am I going to pick up my dogs shit?
Stephane LaBombard i use sandwich bags. Three folding flaps lol
Stephane LaBombard they have a roll of bags at donnar tree just for that lol
Stephane LaBombard drop the ???? on his driveway
Keep voting these Jerk offs in. Now you got Biden too
Brian McGuire but when the people voting for them are jerk offs too this is what happens !
Gonna be interesting. How do we carry our items out of store since we can’t bring in our own bags?
Walter Hertz gonna have to juggle ????
Such a jackass. Let’s reuse those germ infested canvas bags while he cries of an increase of Covid. ????
Walter Hertz You won’t have to worry about it cause once the new regime takes over you won’t be able to be buying wagons full of groceries. You’ll be lucky to get a loaf of bread & a can of beans.
Walter use a recyclable bag they have them everywhere for $1-3 they’re thick, great quality and can hold much more than a simple plastic bag.
Wendy Hiller-Szymczak yea, those germ infested canvas bags have to be washed with bleach After each use. That’s real convenient.
Walter Hertz we’ll have to learn juggling. ????
Maria Atanasio No problem with the recycle bags, but stores are not along them to be used.
Walter actually I’ve gone recently (within this week) to target, shoprite, marshalls, home goods, michaels, Walmart and they didn’t give me a problem using my recycled bags:) you should try them it’s really great!
How do I get my Taco Bell at the drive-thru?
this is what I envision at all drive thrus lol
Andrew Dellolio PLASTIC …. not paper ctfuu
He should outlaw Cvs receipts
Seriously. That’s what I get an email receipt now. Waste of paper.
Jim Brannick FYI you can make your receipt digital and get 0 cpupons
Jim Brannick that’s a good one.
Really.
Jim Brannick ????
Idiot kill the businesses more. Paper is made out recycled items
Are people surprised that Murphy is an out of touch asshole? The guy worked for Goldman Sachs and became a skilled robber baron. He moved here from Massachusetts and has no roots in this state. He makes more money per year without lifting a finger than most of us do busting our asses, and he takes a full salary as Governor on top of that (you know – gotta pay the taxes on his Italian & German mansions). Is anyone really surprised that making NJ more affordable and improving the business climate are not priorities for him, AT ALL? This crap is what happens when you don’t think before you vote. Things are never going to get better in this state, thanks to the morons who would vote for a bag of raccoon feces if it was a Democratic candidate for office.
Michael De Fortuna it’s not the individual it the union workers across the state that are told who to vote for so they can both Benefit. It’s so corrupt !
Michael De Fortuna Murphy sucks.
Plastic bags are pointless and horrible for our local wildlife.
Both can be true.
Um. What will I use for my bathroom trash can?
Evone Santarseri right? And my cat litter waste!?!
Evone Santarseri Same bags for dog poop. They are biodegradable ????????
Nancy Collyer ????????
what a cunt !
He needs to put one around his hea…nvm ill be nice
everything we buy is in plastic or wrapped in plastic or paper milk is in plastic bottles
Deborah Thorne Stewart milk carton goes in the recycling. Bag get used for 15 seconds and gets blown into the ocean
People can still toss masks & rubber gloves anywhere we want though right?
Rob Pompilio no, just be a semi responsible human and put them in the trash
This is a major priority for this piece of shit governor. We have more important problems in this state and this is what you worry about. There is no reason paper bags can’t be used.
So what he is well-to-do for kitchen garden bed and stuff like that just throw you God that should be can so we can blow all over the neighborhood it’s not the bags it’s the people that throw the bags everywhere if the people did the right thing with their players the Bay we wouldn’t have problems with pollution
this idiot needs to go what about plastic trash bags
Deborah Thorne Stewart right, or ziplocks ????????♀️ … might be a dumb question but does this rule just apply to bags we use to carry items to and from the store or will they stop selling these products in nj as well? ????????♀️
Governor Dictator, please make sure you come to my store where I work and when the customers become irate with my cashiers you can step in and take the verbal abuse so they don’t have to!
Paper and plastic? What the f*** we supposed to pick our groceries up with?
Kristen Leigh You’re supposed to buy fabric bags.
Misty Dakota what’s wrong with paper bags
Are we gonna ban water bottles? Straws? How about face masks? I’ve seen tons of those all over parking lots.
So I guess when you get fast food, they will just throw the food at you.
Well that’s good, I can just dump my cat litter along the road instead.
But yet monmouth and ocean county are “single stream recycling plants” and take hardly anything to recycle….so it all turns into trash
Yes everyone bring your own bags from home. Most places with the virus won’t let you do that
Can we ban Murphy from ruining our state?
True
Steve Sheldon ????????????
He should carry our groceries home What A POS
No plastic for you knuckleheads but i can.
This guy is the definition of a pecker head.
Joe Emanueli I was thinking just a pecker
Joe Emanueli i hat e him
Patricia Lorraine Zennario I’m with you.
Joe Emanueli ive never been so disappointed in my life, between this man and the election last night, all i can do is wonder what we are in for
Patricia Lorraine Zennario we are dealing with crooks.
Patricia Lorraine Zennario get your gun license.
Joe Emanueli im still waiting for the call, i filled out all the papers and did the prints
Patricia Lorraine Zennario sadly it’s hard to get ammo now.
Joe Emanueli of course. Ill prob never get the call now because of the electorial outcome
Patricia Lorraine Zennario well get a paintball gun or pellet gun ????????♂️
Joe Emanueli lol
Joe Emanueli Lol.
Joe Emanueli
Meanwhile, everyone must continue to use worthless disposable surgical masks that don’t stop jack shit and end up all over the ground because of his Scamdemic nonsense………..DERP!!!!
But, given NJ’s recent voting trend he will no doubt get another term, because the one thing more reliable then a Dem destroying whatever they control, is their followers being dumb enough to keep voting for them.
With all the money problems in this FUCKING state, forgive me to think that a FUCKING plastic bag ban is going to help this shit economy!!! This guy is a walking FUCKING dick with ears!!! I can’t wait till we flush this turd next year..
It is not a smart law lots of products have plastic. So banning bags is ridiculous
I’m about the old bag he’s married to
F Phil. F liberals
Fuk Murphy
Ban that damn smile… ????????????
they banned plastic bags in cape may.. I was down there this summer and didn’t know it. brought a bunch of stuff at wawa.. I said can I have a bag.. they said no they’re banned. well how am I supposed to carry all of this.. their reply.. you can buy one of our bags for $1! more money for the big companies at the expense of nj residents!
I guess we pump our own gas next? Not.
Seriously, how will take out or delivery foods or drive thru be packaged? Reusable bags are not sterile.
Why do you folks keep
Electing these people?
Don’t get this..there are facilities that recycle these bags….am I missing something?
And paper, too? WTH
Aparently, paper bags are not really any better for the environment than plastic: https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/paper-plastic1.htm#:~:text=%20%C2%ADBefore%20you%20brown%20bag%20it%2C%20consider%20these,The%20production%20of%20paper%20bags%20uses…%20More%20
Fukin moron.
Keep voting blue, NJ!????????????????
Now paper is bad….let’s keep voting for this idiots.
https://science.howstuffworks.com/environmental/green-science/paper-plastic1.htm#:~:text=%20%C2%ADBefore%20you%20brown%20bag%20it%2C%20consider%20these,The%20production%20of%20paper%20bags%20uses…%20More%20
Meanwhile..all of the take out containers are plastic and were still at 25% at restaurants, so the amount of plastic is now through the roof! Yeah..makes sense to me ????
Great when did he he go shopping for groceries,what the hell is a mother with a family
Of 5 suppose to do bring 10 cloth bags did
You ever see the loaded
Cart with groceries
JR Grembowitz that’s me! Mother of 5 and 2 step kids. $300+ on groceries and household supplies every week or 2 weeks. They’ll be waiting at the front door demanding our receipts and taking up 15 mins of my time. ????????
JR Grembowitz my kids would judge the he’ll out of me, if I didn’t.
This doesn’t come into effect until after he runs for re-election, much like the real penalties on the ACA mandate weren’t to take effect until after Obama left office…
yeah and Shop rite receipts, coupons I don’t need, a mile long!
Missy Case Adam bjs as well!
Right? My target receipts are in the app. No paper needed
We should outlaw him!!
Typical politician
They should make them out of HEMP!!!
Paper? Biodegradable fucking PAPER?
WHAT.A.FUCKING.MORON
Bill Roberts he’s a fucking scumbag
He should ban his dentist ????
So I guess when you buy pot now it will be in a paper bag.
Guy Collesides nah, it’s in a little tin
Guy Collesides no paper bags either
This guy is really pulling some shit, I hope karma catches him
Umm what happened to cloth bags and covid ???? what a Fkn joke ~ smh
But we are not allowed to use reusable bags with covid – so what do we do? Toss the contents of my cart into the back of my pickup?
Amy Garrigan seriously! He’s annoyingly already!
Amy Garrigan you are allowed. You just have to bag your own shit. Unless you buy the stores own reusable, then the worker will do it for you, princess.
You poor thing, you actually have to bag your own shit you just bought.
how do we get rid of a dictator?
Think of all the extra time you’ll have not trying to open them????????
Buy em on Amazon and start hoarding. 15 bucks for 350. By then I expect to have 5000. I will keep a stash in my car bring them in every store I go to and flip him the middle finger.
Why paper? Isn’t it 100% recyclable
John it’s even worse for the environment based on the production process
Rich Borkowski they did it here in Austin too. They still had bags but only paper and if you didn’t bring your own bags you had to pay for them. Surprisingly people got used to it.
He’s an idiot.
Ban the bags but set up safe injection site, brilliant.
I guess I need to start buying (thicker) little plastic garbage bags for the bathroom and picking up dog shit instead of reusing grocery store bags. And stores will all do what Aldi’s does and keep selling people (thicker) plastic multi-use bags each trip. So really, he just hurt the environment. Way to go Phil!
He has time to worry about frigging bags!! How about helping the small business owners that are going under??
Angela Neri Giglio and unemployment and DMV….plastic bags??? anything that’s easiest for him to deal with….smh….
This cock sucker needs to get aids and die already!!!
He’s a pos
Wait we were told do not use our cloth bags at the stores because of COVID. I buy garbage bags and use them
hate this state more and more
Asinine
There’s a picture of him in China with joe Biden and hunter Biden.
Douche Bag!
*state going to shit*
Murphy- lets ban plastic bags ????
If you reuse them for trash bags they are eco friendly compared to what trash bags are made of … thicker and less bio degradable… just saying …
Why do people even use store baģs? Reusable don’t rip, the handles are more comfortable, they hold more, they’re cute. I don’t get it
I reuse all my plastic or paper bags for cat litter, trash, packing materials, etc.
Cathleen Kelly reuse. Lots of reusable things.
Cathleen Kelly They have to be washed and bleached after each use because of hoarding bacteria
Make up your mind….Mr. Gov….smh….
il douche
PAPER IS BIODEGRADABLE!!
Did you see this Tiffany Nagy
Catherine Rose nope. I did not. What the fuck is wrong with this guy. Man I hate him.
No thanks, if I wanted to live in California I’d move
That filthy pig Murphy will get voted out next November. We will repeal this and the pot. Murphy is a failure. Notice Murphy never spends one second on stopping all the murders in New Jersey. The drunken governor only cares about getting stoned and removing grocery bags.
Jim Takacs well the pot went to a vote and had 67% support statewide. This is a democracy so no, that’s not gonna be reversed.
You would think with a pandemic going on he would have more significant legislation to worry about.
The ignorance on here. “How are we suppose to get the groceries to the car?” “Have to bag my own groceries?!”
Bunch of princesses.
1. You bring your own bags to the store, I know that’s hard to accept but like masking(another gem you whiners seem to hate) will be your new norm.
2. Gonna have to suck it up and bag your own items you bought. Oh the horror. I suggest you start practicing this simple task.
3. You buy a bag in the store, they’ll bag your items.
4. SHUT UP!
Off the the landfill.
Let him rap it around his head…lying piece of junk…this is what we are worrying about right now!!!
Breaking News: Murphy buys stock in Hefty and Hemp trash bag companies then signs bill banning free plastic bags from all of NJ.
Whst r you suppose to use. Boxes
Theresa Weber how about paper bags or maybe a reusable bag
How long until we get him out of office ughhh
This man is the dumbest tyrant of all times. You know how much more one use plastic comes to my house in Amazon packing and goes right in the trash!!!! See if he has the balls to fight that one. Next he can take on China’s pollution.
Brian Googs Costanzo first of all those amazon boxes are recyclable. And even if you throw them in the trash, which im not surprised that you would, cardboard breaks down in a landfill, why is it so hard to do some common sense thinking? It’s not rocket science to understand that. The amount of stupid on here is scary.
Sandra Petroni Antonellis Your rocket science degree is quite impressive! Amazon not only sends boxes filled with boxes, but they are stuffed with plastic bubble packing material to keep the boxes from bouncing around. Inside each of the boxes are items wrapped in more plastic and probably more bubble wrap. Why are PAPER bags included in Murphy’s ban?…Aren’t they also able to break down in landfills like Amazon’s boxes, or has Amazon cornered the market on that too?
I bet your rocket science degree has you in support of banning plastic straws as well…because that will make countries like China fall in line.
Brian Googs Costanzo, you should be in awe of this woman’s remarkable superiority. ????
Toni Carrea while I dont agree with the paper bag ban at all. The plastic ban makes perfect sense and it’s ridiculous to say otherwise. As far as “Amazon” boxes go. True there is always plastic and such that is not recyclable. But that also goes for most every package you receive and really has nothing to do with the bag ban. You can’t stop people from ordering and you can’t make companies change their policies, but states can make changes on things they can control. Its a dumb comparison to begin with. Im not saying it’s going to change the world. The only thing that could at this point with regard to pollution is the big companies that are the major contributors to the world’s pollution and they aren’t changing anytime soon. But to be against a plastic bag ban? Wow really?
Sandra Petroni Antonellis I guess your Ivy League education must have left out basic reading comprehension?! I said “one use plastic”. This is one Fed Ex delivery from this morning…more plastic than I’d use in a month. But you’re right, GLOBAL warming will be solved by eliminating bags and straws. Forget about India and China….
Sandra Petroni Antonellis UPS delivery tonight. Box full of EPS. Expanded Polystyrene, but you should know the acronym with your rocket science degree!
Brian Googs Costanzo they did the same thing in California years ago. After the the ban, they rolled out a “new” plastic bag that appearantly is biodegradable after 20+ yrs lol. But now they will charge us 10-25 cents a bag. So Green lol.
How is 20+ years green?
A seaturtle eats a plastic bag today or 20+ yr “biodegradable” bag tomorrow, its still ☠
Don’t most people use reusable bags, what’s the big deal? Plastic bags are a real problem. All the snowflakes losing their shit over this but are complicit to the very things that actually affect people’s lives and livelihood, you know like a pandemic that has all but been ignored by the WH.
Sandra Petroni Antonellis just a few months ago he wasn’t allowing reusable bags bc “science” told him it spreads the rona
Danielle JE okay??? Probably bc there could carry the virus? What is your point? You realize this ban is not until 2022 right? That was so dumb!
Danielle JE its very telling of your intelligence when you put the word Science in quotes.
Sandra Petroni Antonellis so you went from plastic bags to the WH totally delusional
John Troncone yes bc you snowflakes are crying about plastic bags but not the pandemic response failure. Yeah totally delusional but not on my part.
Sandra Petroni Antonellis not me I love plastic bags
I see a Sh!t load of mask on the ground and not many bags …so he ban mask also …oh wait he needs them for his B.S bullsh!t lockdowns so he’s not going to touch that one ..so on to plastic bags
Rich Carroll yes! You know it’s the ones most concerned with climate change that are throwing their nasty masks on the ground.
Danielle JE yes they are just go to Walmart /lowes and look in the parking there everywhere
Hey Murphy, were are all the pot heads going to keep there pot? Hum, plastic baggy’s. . . Now we have face masks everywhere, are you going to ban them too?. . All this does is more & more illegal dumping. . . . You have one more year, I’m confident people will be smarter next election. . . .
so what do we use?
He is an idiot !
Oh good, I was so worried about that, what a dickhead!
We went to Shop Rite on Saturday and took along our reuseable bags, they acted.like we brought something horrendous and they would not touch them. If I have to pack my own groceries there needs to be a discount involved. Its.not packing the bags but the principal involved Had to buy the reuseables, stores raised the prices to ridiculous levels, now have to do the packing. Ill conceived plan. Ps I am hoarding plastic straws lol!!
“If I have to pack my own groceries there needs to be a discount involved.”
Here it is, ladies and gentleman. THE definition of entitlement.
Adam Walker not entitlement. If she has to pack her own bags the store should not be charging as much. Look at Aldi’s you get fresh fruits dairy vegetables and other foods CHEAPER than going to ShopRite.
If stores will pack our reusable bags there should be no extra charge. This idea of the Govener during Covid is entitlement. Most are struggling to keep a roof and food now he wants to add the cost of the reusable bags AND cleaning them in this pandemic
Unless you’re physically disabled in a way that prevents you from doing so, you should be bagging your own groceries anyway.
The cost of plastic bags is a very minimal factor in the prices of product, so to suggest that one should be compensated for having to bag their own groceries is absurd.
And for the record, I think the ban is ridiculous and I think Murphy is a moron.
Adam Walker thats right, the manufacturers are killing us with the prices, never said I would not pack.my own but there.should be a little discount. Does that make me entitled hell no. I ask for nothing from anyone, I work 2 jobs since.my husband with FTD (look it up genius) cannot work. So no, I know nothing about entitlement, I know about hard work. Noone ever gave me a.prepaid card or cash to what I wanted with even as a child I earned my allowance. You seem to know entitlement well so take your silver spoon well you know what tod o with it.
I also work two jobs totaling around 80 hours a week, so yes, you’re absolutely right to assume that I’m entitled.
You even said it yourself just now. Manufacturers are killing people with prices I fully agree with you, it’s absurd. But tell me, honestly….
You do know the manufacturers are different from the stores, right? So, the manufacturers are killing us with prices, but grocery stores owe you money to compensate?
Besides, the issue you originally have with them not bagging your reusable bag has nothing to do with a ban on plastic bags, it’s a precautionary measure to protect the employees of the establishment in light of covid.
Whether that’s a reasonable safety measure is arguable, I’ll agree, but then you’re implying that the safety of the employees should be at their expense because it poses such an astronomical inconvenience to your life that you have to put your stuff in your own bag.
Nitwit!
Fuck Murphy and the assholes that support him. Losers
His state is going to shit n he’s worried about plastic bags n releasing inmates
Ban murphy. He is the biggest problem . He must dream of shit then ban it . He is a danger to all of us.
I live in a state of Murphys law…..literally
Connie Shinn Lohr ???? I see what you did there.
Got some questions for you about Murphy’s law
1) most commonly known one
2) Murphy’s first law
3) murphy’s leap frog law
4) your favorite one
Bobbie Lyn Harrsch I know that..anything that can go wrong, will..is one of my dads favorites????
Is nothing is as good as it looks there?? Because that’s true true a lot!!????
Connie Shinn Lohr
1) you got his most commonly known
2)Never mess this Mrs Murphy.
3) never play Leapfrog with a Unicorn
4) yes nothing is as good as it looks is one of his many laws
Bobbie Lyn Harrsch ????
COMRADE MURPHY, will this include the plastic bags we use for trash? Or are those plastic bags more special? Sounds like you might have some PLASTIC DISCRIMINATION issues…..
Life under dem rule.
Ok now HE CAN FOOD SHOP FOR ! I can’t carry those reuseabe bags packed full ..
HE IS THE BIGGEST J.O.
You’re talking about a tin pot tyrant
ASSHOLE they are recyclable !
Capt doooooosh
A 99.999% of products are put in plastic containers…
This is his major concern with a pandemic and the election in an upheaval. He’s a POS and should tie one of those plastic bags over his head
VOTE HIM OUT nazi dictator!